Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE: WLL) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

  • 1/22/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Sterne Agee CRT.
  • 1/21/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its price target lowered by analysts at Deutsche Bank from $12.00 to $6.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
  • 1/21/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its price target lowered by analysts at Nomura from $23.00 to $11.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
  • 1/21/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $20.00 to $14.00.
  • 1/19/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its price target lowered by analysts at KLR Group from $43.00 to $27.00.
  • 1/19/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was downgraded by analysts at Capital One Financial Corp. from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating.
  • 1/19/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its price target lowered by analysts at Canaccord Genuity from $30.00 to $22.00.
  • 1/12/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was downgraded by analysts at Morgan Stanley from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating.
  • 1/11/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was upgraded by analysts at Wells Fargo from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating.
  • 1/9/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Canaccord Genuity.
  • 1/7/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Deutsche Bank. They now have a $12.00 price target on the stock.
  • 1/5/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was downgraded by analysts at Evercore ISI from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. They now have a $16.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $24.00.
  • 1/5/2016 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $25.00 to $20.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
  • 12/31/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $11.00 price target on the stock. According to Zacks, “WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, is an independent oil and gas company that acquires, exploits, develops and explores for crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States. The Company trades publicly under the symbol WLL on the New York Stock Exchange. “
  • 12/24/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at SunTrust.
  • 12/22/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its price target lowered by analysts at KeyBanc to $15.00.
  • 12/22/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was downgraded by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating. They now have a $13.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $27.00.
  • 12/15/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. According to Zacks, “WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, is an independent oil and gas company that acquires, exploits, develops and explores for crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States. The Company trades publicly under the symbol WLL on the New York Stock Exchange. “
  • 12/13/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $13.00 price target on the stock. According to Zacks, “WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, is an independent oil and gas company that acquires, exploits, develops and explores for crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States. The Company trades publicly under the symbol WLL on the New York Stock Exchange. “
  • 12/10/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co..
  • 12/9/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. According to Zacks, “WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, is an independent oil and gas company that acquires, exploits, develops and explores for crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States. The Company trades publicly under the symbol WLL on the New York Stock Exchange. “
  • 12/9/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Deutsche Bank. They now have a $15.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $22.00.
  • 12/9/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp is now covered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co.. They set an “overweight” rating and a $19.00 price target on the stock.
  • 12/8/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays from $27.00 to $26.00.
  • 12/7/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $14.00 price target on the stock. According to Zacks, “WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, is an independent oil and gas company that acquires, exploits, develops and explores for crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States. The Company trades publicly under the symbol WLL on the New York Stock Exchange. “
  • 12/2/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. According to Zacks, “WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, is an independent oil and gas company that acquires, exploits, develops and explores for crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States. The Company trades publicly under the symbol WLL on the New York Stock Exchange. “
  • 12/1/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $19.00 price target on the stock. According to Zacks, “WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, is an independent oil and gas company that acquires, exploits, develops and explores for crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States. The Company trades publicly under the symbol WLL on the New York Stock Exchange. “
  • 11/26/2015 – Whiting Petroleum Corp was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. According to Zacks, “WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, is an independent oil and gas company that acquires, exploits, develops and explores for crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States. The Company trades publicly under the symbol WLL on the New York Stock Exchange. “

Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE:WLL) traded down 5.14% on Monday, hitting $6.28. The stock had a trading volume of 6,434,629 shares. The company’s 50 day moving average is $9.04 and its 200-day moving average is $16.81. The stock’s market cap is $1.28 billion. Whiting Petroleum Corp has a 12 month low of $4.01 and a 12 month high of $41.57.

Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE:WLL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 28th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.17) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.25) by $0.08. The business earned $508 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $583.21 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.24 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 37.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that Whiting Petroleum Corp will post ($0.62) EPS for the current year.

Whiting Petroleum Corporation is an independent oil and gas company. The Company is engaged in exploration, development, acquisition and production of crude oil, NGLs and natural gas in the Rocky Mountains and Permian Basin regions of the United States. The Company’s Rocky Mountains operations include assets in the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The Company’s Permian Basin operations include assets in Texas and New Mexico. The Company’s other operations primarily include its assets in Arkansas, Michigan, Oklahoma and Texas. As of December 31, 2014, The Company’s estimated proved reserves totaled 780.3 Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent (NYSE:WLL). At December 31, 2014, the Company’s probable reserves were estimated to be 399.3 MMBOE and its possible reserves were estimated to be 225.5 MMBOE, for a total of 624.8 MMBOE.

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