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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.02) by $0.04. The oil and gas producer earned $374 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $367.86 million. WPX Energy had a negative net margin of 17.85% and a negative return on equity of 2.99%. WPX Energy's revenue for the quarter was down 5.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted ($0.15) earnings per share. 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 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for WPX Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $28.00. On average, they expect 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 drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 26,199,779 shares, a drop of 18.1% from the June 15th total of 31,985,593 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,783,310 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 6.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View WPX Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Media stories about WPX stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, Accern reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. WPX Energy earned a news impact score of 0.04 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 46.93 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

WPX Energy's stock is owned by a number 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]