NYSE:XECCimarex Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cimarex Energy's stock was trading at $16.58 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, XEC shares have increased by 61.6% and is now trading at $26.79. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cimarex Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Cimarex Energy.

Cimarex Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Cimarex Energy.

Cimarex Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Cimarex Energy Co (NYSE:XEC) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.17. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $472.83 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $504.50 million. Cimarex Energy had a positive return on equity of 10.09% and a negative net margin of 44.65%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 18.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.20 EPS. View Cimarex Energy's earnings history.

Cimarex Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.28%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 13th. View Cimarex Energy's dividend history.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Cimarex Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Cimarex Energy's share price to reach $41.48 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 54.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Cimarex Energy.

Headlines about XEC stock have been trending neutral on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cimarex Energy earned a daily sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Cimarex Energy.

Cimarex Energy saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,020,000 shares, an increase of 13.3% from the May 31st total of 7,080,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,920,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 8.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Cimarex Energy's Current Options Chain.

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

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 $26.79.

Cimarex Energy has a market capitalization of $2.74 billion and generates $2.36 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-124,620,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $4.46 on an earnings per share basis. Cimarex Energy employs 955 workers across the globe.

The official website for Cimarex Energy is 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.