NYSE:WPXWPX Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

WPX Energy's stock was trading at $3.73 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WPX shares have increased by 107.2% and is now trading at $7.73. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WPX Energy in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 20 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) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.05 by $0.02. The oil and gas producer earned $1.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $625.59 million. WPX Energy had a negative net margin of 2.52% and a positive return on equity of 3.13%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 289.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.05 earnings per share. View WPX Energy's earnings history.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives 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 $12.51 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 61.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for WPX Energy.

News coverage about WPX stock has trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. WPX Energy earned a media sentiment score of -4.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutWPX Energy.

WPX Energy saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 49,710,000 shares, an increase of 38.4% from the April 15th total of 35,920,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 13,520,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Currently, 12.2% 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.68%), State Street Corp (4.35%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (3.60%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.52%), AQR Capital Management LLC (2.17%) and Jennison Associates LLC (2.08%). 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 Wellington Management Group LLP, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Advisory Research Inc., Van ECK Associates Corp, BlackRock Inc., Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., and King Luther Capital Management Corp. View insider buying and selling activity for WPX Energy.

WPX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., State Street Corp, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers LLC, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Aperio Group LLC, and Two Sigma Advisers LP. 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 $7.73.

WPX Energy has a market capitalization of $4.32 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]