NYSE:WPX - WPX Energy Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

WPX Energy Inc (NYSE:WPX) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.02) by $0.04. The oil and gas producer earned $374 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $367.86 million. WPX Energy had a negative return on equity of 2.99% and a negative net margin of 17.85%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.15) EPS. View WPX Energy's Earnings History.

WPX Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for WPX Energy.

22 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for WPX Energy's stock. Their predictions range from $14.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate WPX Energy's stock price to reach $20.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for WPX Energy.

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

WPX Energy saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 26,199,779 shares, a decrease of 18.1% from the June 15th total of 31,985,593 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,783,310 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days. Approximately 6.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View WPX Energy's Current Options Chain.

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News articles about WPX stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. WPX Energy earned a coverage optimism score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 47.58 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

WPX Energy's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.49%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.31%), Viking Fund Management LLC (0.19%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%). 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 Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd. and Cerebellum GP LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Viking Fund Management LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 $18.78.

WPX Energy has a market capitalization of $7.51 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]