Somewhat Favorable Media Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Affect Gulf Island Fabrication (NASDAQ:GIFI) Stock Price

Press coverage about Gulf Island Fabrication (NASDAQ:GIFI) has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Gulf Island Fabrication earned a media sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news stories about the oil and gas company an impact score of 47.2561619754697 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the immediate future.

Shares of Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI) traded up 0.09% during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $11.40. 15,159 shares of the company traded hands. Gulf Island Fabrication has a 52-week low of $8.40 and a 52-week high of $13.95. The company’s 50 day moving average is $11.13 and its 200 day moving average is $11.09. The stock’s market capitalization is $169.30 million.

Gulf Island Fabrication (NASDAQ:GIFI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 27th. The oil and gas company reported ($0.73) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($0.18) by $0.55. Gulf Island Fabrication had a negative return on equity of 7.83% and a negative net margin of 9.96%. The business had revenue of $45.87 million for the quarter. On average, equities analysts forecast that Gulf Island Fabrication will post ($1.39) earnings per share for the current year.

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 10th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 8th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.35%. Gulf Island Fabrication’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -2.92%.

About Gulf Island Fabrication

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc (Gulf Island) is a holding company. The Company, along with its subsidiaries, is a fabricator of steel platforms and other specialized structures for customers in the offshore oil and gas industry. It also performs onshore and offshore construction and fabrication services for customers in the marine industry.