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 declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. View Cimarex Energy's Dividend History.

Cimarex Energy Co (NYSE:XEC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 4th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.02. The oil and gas producer earned $582.31 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $575.31 million. Cimarex Energy had a net margin of 21.13% and a return on equity of 13.02%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.99 earnings per share. 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.

Cimarex Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 19th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Cimarex Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $51.00 to $82.00. On average, they anticipate Cimarex Energy's share price to reach $65.76 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 36.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cimarex Energy.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cimarex Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Cimarex Energy.

Headlines about XEC stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cimarex Energy earned a coverage optimism score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Cimarex Energy.

Cimarex Energy saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 4,940,000 shares, a drop of 12.9% from the November 28th total of 5,670,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,910,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 5.0% of the shares of the 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Caymus Capital Partners L.P. (0.20%), Wealthfront Advisers LLC (0.03%), Granite Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Trinity Legacy Partners LLC (0.03%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Addison Capital Co, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Granite Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and CENTRAL TRUST Co. Company insiders that have sold Cimarex Energy company stock in the last year include Francis Brian Barron, Harold R Logan Jr, Joseph R Albi and Stephen P Bell. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cimarex Energy.

XEC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Caymus Capital Partners L.P., Trinity Legacy Partners LLC, Wealthfront Advisers LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, OLD National Bancorp IN, Bright Rock Capital Management LLC and Cerebellum GP LLC. 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 $48.13.

Cimarex Energy has a market capitalization of $4.90 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.