Media headlines about Gulfport Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:GPOR) have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Gulfport Energy Corporation earned a media sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 47.1037418489599 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the immediate future.
These are some of the media stories that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s scoring:
- Reviewing Gulfport Energy Corporation (GPOR) & Antero Resources Corporation (AR) (americanbankingnews.com)
- The Bear Case for Gulfport Energy Corporation (GPOR) - Economic News (economicsandmoney.com)
- Gulfport Energy Corporation (GPOR) Rating Reiterated by Piper Jaffray Companies (americanbankingnews.com)
- Warm Weather Could Benefit Natural Gas Prices (finance.yahoo.com)
- Gulfport Energy Corporation to Post Q3 2017 Earnings of $0.26 Per Share, Jefferies Group Forecasts (GPOR) (americanbankingnews.com)
Shares of Gulfport Energy Corporation (NASDAQ GPOR) opened at 12.01 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $12.78 and a 200 day moving average of $15.38. Gulfport Energy Corporation has a 52 week low of $10.90 and a 52 week high of $30.47. The firm’s market capitalization is $2.20 billion.
Gulfport Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:GPOR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $323.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $279.59 million. Gulfport Energy Corporation had a negative net margin of 15.02% and a positive return on equity of 7.42%. Gulfport Energy Corporation’s revenue was up 1052.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.24 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Gulfport Energy Corporation will post $1.43 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Piper Jaffray Companies reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $21.00 price target (down from $22.00) on shares of Gulfport Energy Corporation in a research report on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on shares of Gulfport Energy Corporation from $21.00 to $18.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 14th. BidaskClub raised shares of Gulfport Energy Corporation from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 12th. Williams Capital set a $21.00 price target on shares of Gulfport Energy Corporation and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 9th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Gulfport Energy Corporation from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and nineteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $25.14.
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About Gulfport Energy Corporation
Gulfport Energy Corporation is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company. The Company focuses on the exploitation and acquisition of natural gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil in the United States. The Company’s properties are located in the Utica Shale in Eastern Ohio and along the Louisiana Gulf Coast in the West Cote Blanche Bay (WCBB) and Hackberry fields.
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