NYSE:XECCimarex Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cimarex Energy's stock was trading at $16.58 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, XEC stock has increased by 65.4% and is now trading at $27.43. 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 2 sell ratings, 5 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 Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Cimarex Energy.

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 Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.17. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $472.83 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 was down 18.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.20 EPS. View Cimarex Energy's earnings history.

Cimarex Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 13th. View Cimarex Energy's dividend history.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Cimarex Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Cimarex Energy's stock price to reach $40.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 46.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Cimarex Energy.

News stories about XEC stock have been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 news sentiment score of 3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutCimarex Energy.

Cimarex Energy saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,140,000 shares, an increase of 13.3% from the April 30th total of 8,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,700,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 9.1% of the company's shares 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."

Cimarex Energy's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.97%), State Street Corp (4.66%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.26%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.26%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (3.63%) and International Value Advisers LLC (1.96%). 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., Invesco Ltd., Janus Henderson Group PLC, State Street Corp, Geode Capital Management LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Paloma Partners Management Co, and International Value Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have sold Cimarex Energy company stock in the last year include Francis Brian Barron, Joseph R Albi, and Stephen P Bell. View insider buying and selling activity for Cimarex Energy.

XEC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wellington Management Group LLP, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. 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 $27.43.

Cimarex Energy has a market capitalization of $2.80 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.