$0.13 EPS Expected for Southwestern Energy Company (SWN)

September 14, 2017 – By Max Morgan

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.47 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.05, from 1.52 in 2016Q3. It is negative, as 49 investors sold Southwestern Energy Company shares while 109 reduced holdings. 69 funds opened positions while 164 raised stakes. 458.63 million shares or 3.28% less from 474.16 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported.
State Of Wisconsin Investment Board has 0.02% invested in Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN). Aqr Cap Limited Liability Corp reported 7.52M shares. Exxonmobil Investment Mngmt Inc Tx invested in 0.03% or 113,599 shares. Rampart Investment Management Llc stated it has 40,646 shares or 0.16% of all its holdings. Goldman Sachs Group Inc Inc invested 0.04% in Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN). Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt accumulated 37,733 shares. Moreover, Natixis has 0.01% invested in Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) for 46,575 shares. Castleark Mgmt Ltd Liability Corp has 769,800 shares. Henderson Group Public Ltd Co, a United Kingdom-based fund reported 40,300 shares. Ajo Ltd Partnership invested in 0.14% or 3.05M shares. Ny State Common Retirement Fund accumulated 1.45M shares. The Pennsylvania-based Stoneridge Investment Prtnrs Limited Liability Corporation has invested 0.41% in Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN). Arizona State Retirement Systems holds 0.02% or 121,315 shares. Advsrs Capital Limited Liability Company accumulated 17,813 shares. 44,500 are held by Laurion Mgmt Lp.

Analysts await Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) to report earnings on October, 19. They expect $0.13 earnings per share, up 333.33 % or $0.10 from last year’s $0.03 per share. SWN’s profit will be $67.12 million for 11.21 P/E if the $0.13 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.08 actual earnings per share reported by Southwestern Energy Company for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 62.50 % EPS growth. About 18.12 million shares traded or 15.56% up from the average. Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) has declined 41.00% since September 15, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 57.70% the S&P500.

Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) Ratings Coverage

Among 28 analysts covering Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN), 10 have Buy rating, 3 Sell and 15 Hold. Therefore 36% are positive. Southwestern Energy Company had 85 analyst reports since July 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was upgraded on Thursday, November 10 by KLR Group. The stock of Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) has “Hold” rating given on Tuesday, July 4 by Jefferies. The stock of Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) earned “Neutral” rating by Suntrust Robinson on Tuesday, February 2. Piper Jaffray maintained the shares of SWN in report on Thursday, July 13 with “Hold” rating. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Monday, August 14 by Jefferies. RBC Capital Markets maintained Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) rating on Thursday, July 20. RBC Capital Markets has “Hold” rating and $900 target. As per Wednesday, June 15, the company rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets. The firm has “Hold” rating by Zacks given on Sunday, August 16. The stock of Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) has “Outperform” rating given on Wednesday, April 19 by Cowen & Co. The stock of Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) earned “Neutral” rating by JP Morgan on Wednesday, December 9.

Southwestern Energy Company is an energy firm engaged in natural gas and oil exploration, development and production. The company has market cap of $3.01 billion. The Firm operates through two divisions: Exploration and Production and Midstream Services. It currently has negative earnings. The Company’s activities in northeast Pennsylvania are primarily focused on the unconventional natural gas reservoir known as the Marcellus Shale.

More notable recent Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) news were published by: Nasdaq.com which released: “Southwestern Energy (SWN) Up 8.8% Since Earnings Report: Can It Continue?” on September 05, 2017, also Prnewswire.com with their article: “Southwestern Energy Announces Cash Tender Offers For Senior Notes” published on September 11, 2017, Prnewswire.com published: “Southwestern Energy Announces Pricing Of Public Offering Of $1.15 Billion Of …” on September 11, 2017. More interesting news about Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) were released by: Nasdaq.com and their article: “Southwestern Energy Prices $1.15B Senior Notes Offering” published on September 12, 2017 as well as Prnewswire.com‘s news article titled: “Technical Research on Independent Oil & Gas Equities — Marathon Oil …” with publication date: September 11, 2017.