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 stock has 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 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 for the quarter, topping 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%. Cimarex Energy's revenue for the quarter was down 18.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.20 earnings per share. View Cimarex Energy's earnings history.

Cimarex Energy declared 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 3.28%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 13th. View Cimarex Energy's dividend history.

22 brokers 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 $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.

Press coverage about XEC stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cimarex Energy earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories 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 few days. 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 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."

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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.