NYSE:WPXWPX Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

WPX Energy's stock was trading at $3.73 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WPX stock has increased by 45.8% and is now trading at $5.44. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WPX Energy in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 19 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for WPX Energy.

WPX Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for WPX Energy.

WPX Energy Inc (NYSE:WPX) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 6th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.05 by $0.02. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $1.40 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $625.59 million. WPX Energy had a positive return on equity of 3.13% and a negative net margin of 2.52%. The company's revenue was up 289.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.05 EPS. View WPX Energy's earnings history.

22 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for WPX Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $18.00. On average, they expect WPX Energy's share price to reach $12.59 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 131.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for WPX Energy.

News stories about WPX stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. WPX Energy earned a media sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about WPX Energy.

WPX Energy saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 34,360,000 shares, a decrease of 16.8% from the June 15th total of 41,290,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,940,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 8.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View WPX Energy's Current Options Chain.

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WPX Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WPX."

WPX Energy's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.20%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own WPX Energy stock include Clay M Gaspar, Karl F Kurz, Kimberly S Lubel, Robert Herdman and William G Lowrie. View institutional ownership trends for WPX Energy.

WPX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for WPX Energy.

WPX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co.. Company insiders that have bought WPX Energy stock in the last two years include Clay M Gaspar, Karl F Kurz, Kimberly S Lubel, and Robert Herdman. View insider buying and selling activity for WPX Energy.

Shares of WPX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of WPX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.44.

WPX Energy has a market capitalization of $3.04 billion and generates $2.29 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $256 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.33 on an earnings per share basis. WPX Energy employs 600 workers across the globe.

The official website for WPX Energy is www.wpxenergy.com.

WPX Energy's mailing address is 350 ONE WILLIAMS CENTER, TULSA OK, 74172. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 855-979-2012 or via email at [email protected]