12,220 Shares in Geopark Ltd (NYSE:GPRK) Bought by Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc.

Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Geopark Ltd (NYSE:GPRK) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 12,220 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock, valued at approximately $99,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Geopark by 23.9% during the 4th quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 30,296 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $281,000 after purchasing an additional 5,844 shares in the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP boosted its stake in shares of Geopark by 1,274.7% during the 4th quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 56,210 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $521,000 after purchasing an additional 52,121 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. boosted its stake in shares of Geopark by 50.7% during the 4th quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 15,370 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $142,000 after purchasing an additional 5,171 shares in the last quarter. Fox Run Management L.L.C. boosted its stake in shares of Geopark by 17.0% during the 4th quarter. Fox Run Management L.L.C. now owns 13,855 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $128,000 after purchasing an additional 2,009 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Banco BTG Pactual S.A. boosted its stake in shares of Geopark by 16.7% during the 4th quarter. Banco BTG Pactual S.A. now owns 15,000 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $152,000 after purchasing an additional 2,143 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 68.21% of the company’s stock.

Geopark Trading Down 1.5%

NYSE:GPRK opened at $7.01 on Tuesday. Geopark Ltd has a one year low of $5.66 and a one year high of $11.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.03, a current ratio of 1.96 and a quick ratio of 1.92. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $6.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $7.87. The firm has a market capitalization of $359.01 million, a P/E ratio of 4.64 and a beta of 0.76.

Geopark (NYSE:GPRK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 7th. The oil and gas company reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.46 by ($0.12). Geopark had a return on equity of 42.96% and a net margin of 12.56%. The business had revenue of $137.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $126.00 million. As a group, analysts forecast that Geopark Ltd will post 1.97 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Geopark Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.147 per share. This represents a $0.59 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, May 22nd. Geopark’s payout ratio is currently 39.07%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Geopark from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 27th.

Geopark Profile

GeoPark Limited operates as an oil and natural gas exploration and production company primarily in Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and other Latin American countries. It engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas reserves. The company was formerly known as GeoPark Holdings Limited and changed its name to GeoPark Limited in July 2013.