NYSE:XEC - Cimarex Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Cimarex Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 9th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 13th. View Cimarex Energy's Dividend History.

Cimarex Energy Co (NYSE:XEC) released its earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.02. The oil and gas producer earned $582.31 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $575.31 million. Cimarex Energy had a return on equity of 13.02% and a net margin of 21.13%. The business's revenue was down 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.99 EPS. View Cimarex Energy's Earnings History.

Cimarex Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Cimarex Energy.

18 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Cimarex Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $51.00 to $88.00. On average, they anticipate Cimarex Energy's share price to reach $67.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cimarex Energy.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cimarex Energy in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cimarex Energy.

News articles about XEC stock have trended negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cimarex Energy earned a coverage optimism score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Cimarex Energy.

Cimarex Energy saw a drop in short interest in November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 5,670,000 shares, a drop of 25.8% from the November 14th total of 7,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,140,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 5.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View Cimarex Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Cimarex Energy's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Partners (7.98%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (6.16%), State Street Corp (5.74%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.52%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.38%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.26%). Company insiders that own Cimarex Energy stock include Francis Brian Barron, Harold R Logan Jr, Joseph R Albi, L Paul Teague, Lisa A Stewart, Michael J/Co Sullivan, Stephen P Bell and Thomas E Jorden. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cimarex Energy.

XEC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Caymus Capital Partners L.P., Man Group plc, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, YHB Investment Advisors Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Icon Advisers Inc. Co. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Cimarex Energy company stock in the last year include Francis Brian Barron, Harold R Logan Jr, Michael J/Co Sullivan and Stephen P Bell. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cimarex Energy.

XEC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, State Street Corp, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Squarepoint Ops LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Grace & White Inc. NY and Speece Thorson Capital Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cimarex Energy.

Shares of XEC 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 XEC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.04.

Cimarex Energy has a market capitalization of $4.99 billion and generates $2.34 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $791.85 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.40 on an earnings per share basis. Cimarex Energy employs 955 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Cimarex Energy.

The official website for Cimarex Energy is http://www.cimarex.com/.

Cimarex Energy's mailing address is 1700 LINCOLN STREET SUITE 3700, DENVER CO, 80203. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 303-295-3995.