NYSE:XECCimarex Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cimarex Energy's stock was trading at $16.58 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, XEC shares have increased by 48.5% and is now trading at $24.62. 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.17. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $472.83 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $504.50 million. Cimarex Energy had a negative net margin of 44.65% and a positive return on equity of 10.09%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 18.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.20 EPS. View Cimarex Energy's earnings history.

Cimarex Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Investors of record on Friday, August 14th will be given 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 3.57%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 13th. View Cimarex Energy's dividend history.

22 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Cimarex Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate Cimarex Energy's stock price to reach $41.65 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 69.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Cimarex Energy.

Headlines about XEC stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cimarex Energy earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Cimarex Energy.

Cimarex Energy saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,110,000 shares, a drop of 23.8% from the June 15th total of 8,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,330,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 6.1% of the company's shares are sold short. 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."

Cimarex Energy's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.09%) and Ellevest Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Cimarex Energy stock include Francis Brian Barron, Harold R Logan Jr, Joseph R Albi, Lisa A Stewart, Michael J/Co Sullivan, Stephen P Bell and Thomas E Jorden. View institutional ownership trends for Cimarex Energy.

XEC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Ellevest Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Cimarex Energy stock in the last two years include Harold R Logan Jr, Lisa A Stewart, and Thomas E Jorden. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $24.62.

Cimarex Energy has a market capitalization of $2.51 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.