Comstock Resources (CRK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comstock Resources in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CRK shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CRK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Comstock Resources' shares. Their CRK share price targets range from $8.00 to $13.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $9.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% from the stock's current price.
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Comstock Resources' stock was trading at $8.85 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, CRK shares have increased by 7.6% and is now trading at $9.52.
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Comstock Resources saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 25,340,000 shares, an increase of 13.6% from the March 15th total of 22,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,780,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.3 days. Approximately 32.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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Comstock Resources will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Comstock Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CRK) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 13th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.06. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $410.58 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $401.97 million. Comstock Resources had a net margin of 13.49% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.65%. Comstock Resources's quarterly revenue was down 55.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.05 earnings per share.

Comstock Resources declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $0.125 per share on Friday, December 15th. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 30th.
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Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK) pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.39%. CRK has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 65.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CRK will have a dividend payout ratio of 42.74% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK) stock in their portfolio include Invesco Energy Exploration & Production ETF (PXE), SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP), Invesco S&P SmallCap Energy ETF (PSCE), First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG), Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull 2x Shares (GUSH), First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF (FTXN) and iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (IEO).Strive U.S. Energy ETF (DRLL).

Comstock Resources's stock reverse split on Monday, August 1st 2016. The 1-5 reverse split was announced on Wednesday, July 20th 2016. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Friday, July 29th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 20 shares after the split.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Comstock Resources investors own include CVS Health (CVS), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Bank of America (BAC), Micron Technology (MU), Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T), Alibaba Group (BABA), Chesapeake Energy (CHKAQ), Constellation Brands (STZ) and AbbVie (ABBV).

Comstock Resources' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sanders Morris Harris LLC (0.07%), Kovack Advisors Inc. (0.04%), Doliver Advisors LP (0.01%), Chickasaw Capital Management LLC (0.01%), Ballentine Partners LLC (0.01%) and Hodges Capital Management Inc. (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian Christopher Claunch, Jim L Turner, M Jay Allison, Morris E Foster, Patrick Mcgough, Roland O Burns and Star Exploration Corp Blue.
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Shares of CRK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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