Roth Capital Lifts Earnings Estimates for Coterra Energy

Coterra Energy Inc. (NYSE:CTRA) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital boosted their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Coterra Energy in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 13th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.60 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.57. Roth Capital currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Coterra Energy’s current full-year earnings is $1.53 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Coterra Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.79 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $2.46 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on Coterra Energy from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. Roth Mkm raised Coterra Energy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $25.00 to $29.00 in a research report on Tuesday, August 27th. Scotiabank reduced their target price on shares of Coterra Energy from $35.00 to $32.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 10th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of Coterra Energy from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, Mizuho boosted their price objective on shares of Coterra Energy from $36.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, sixteen have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $32.41.

Coterra Energy Stock Performance

Shares of CTRA stock opened at $26.12 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $19.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.77, a PEG ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 0.22. Coterra Energy has a 52-week low of $22.30 and a 52-week high of $28.90. The company has a quick ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The company’s 50 day moving average is $23.95 and its 200 day moving average is $25.45.

Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.35 by ($0.03). Coterra Energy had a net margin of 21.91% and a return on equity of 9.38%. The business had revenue of $1.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.28 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.47 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up .2% on a year-over-year basis.

Coterra Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 14th will be given a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.22%. Coterra Energy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 50.60%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Coterra Energy

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Coterra Energy by 8.9% in the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 96,415 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,311,000 after acquiring an additional 7,884 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Coterra Energy by 0.7% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 19,000,702 shares of the company’s stock valued at $453,628,000 after purchasing an additional 128,397 shares during the last quarter. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN grew its position in Coterra Energy by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN now owns 5,348,026 shares of the company’s stock worth $128,085,000 after purchasing an additional 284,106 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp raised its stake in shares of Coterra Energy by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 311,092 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,451,000 after buying an additional 6,321 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Coterra Energy by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 2,147,263 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,425,000 after buying an additional 64,753 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.92% of the company’s stock.

About Coterra Energy

Coterra Energy Inc, an independent oil and gas company, engages in the development, exploration, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the United States. The company’s properties include the Marcellus Shale with approximately 186,000 net acres in the dry gas window of the play located in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; Permian Basin properties with approximately 296,000 net acres located in west Texas and southeast New Mexico; and Anadarko Basin properties with approximately 182,000 net acres located in Oklahoma.