NYSE:WPX - WPX Energy Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

WPX Energy Inc (NYSE:WPX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 1st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.04. The oil and gas producer earned $430 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $432.92 million. WPX Energy had a negative net margin of 30.02% and a negative return on equity of 0.97%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 22.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.18 earnings per share. View WPX Energy's Earnings History.

WPX Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for WPX Energy.

23 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for WPX Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect WPX Energy's stock price to reach $21.7727 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for WPX Energy.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WPX Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 21 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for WPX Energy.

WPX Energy saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 18,216,514 shares, a decrease of 31.1% from the July 13th total of 26,453,699 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,998,995 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.6 days. Approximately 4.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View WPX Energy's Current Options Chain.

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News coverage about WPX stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. WPX Energy earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 46.45 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for WPX Energy.

WPX Energy's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.01%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.86%), FMR LLC (1.98%), Millennium Management LLC (1.86%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.68%) and Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (1.66%). Company insiders that own WPX Energy stock include Bryan K Guderian, Clay M Gaspar, Dennis C Cameron, J Kevin Vann, Richard E Muncrief, Stephen L Faulkner Jr 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 FMR LLC, Donald Smith & CO. Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Millennium Management LLC, Systematic Financial Management LP, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Bank of America Corp DE and Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold WPX Energy company stock in the last year include Bryan K Guderian, Clay M Gaspar, Dennis C Cameron, J Kevin Vann and Stephen L Faulkner Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for WPX Energy.

WPX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Point72 Asset Management L.P., Van ECK Associates Corp, Scout Investments Inc., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Viking Fund Management LLC, Caymus Capital Partners L.P. and OppenheimerFunds Inc.. Company insiders that have bought WPX Energy stock in the last two years include Richard E Muncrief and William G Lowrie. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WPX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.31.

WPX Energy has a market capitalization of $7.70 billion and generates $1.34 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-16,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.42) on an earnings per share basis. WPX Energy employs 650 workers across the globe.

WPX Energy's mailing address is 3500 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]