With 2.15 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.24 million shares. During the session, the Oil & Gas E&P company that operates in wider Energy sector, reached to the highest price of $48.95 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $46.78. The 52-week range on MTDR shows that it touched its highest point at $71.08 and its lowest point at $43.89 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $75.16. With its current market cap of 6.05 billion, MTDR has annualized dividend of $0.96 while the current yield stands at 1.99%. MTDR paid its most recent dividend on 1740700800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1740700800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.78.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of MTDR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.60%, but this was down by -18.53% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.69% while six-month performance fell -3.19%. The stock lost -25.11% in the past year, while it has lost -14.18% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MTDR yields 7.14 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.43. For the next quarter, that number is 1.88. This implies an EPS growth rate of 8.31% for this year and 4.01% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 4.64% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 56.93%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 125.05 million MTDR shares are outstanding with a float of 115.44 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 6.34 million, which was 505.99999999999994 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Joseph Wm. Foran as the firm’s Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Mr. Brian J. Willey serves as its CFO & Executive VP.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.89985 of MTDR’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, MTDR reported revenue of $978283000.0 and operating income of $367983000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $661346000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for MTDR since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With MTDR analysts setting a high price target of 90.0 and a low target of 62.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 74.94118. Based on these targets, MTDR could surge 86.41% to reach the target high and rise by 28.42% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 55.22% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $7.70879 being high and $7.23764 being low. For MTDR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $7.39803. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.63 and the low estimate is $1.5. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.98.
