What Are Wall Street Analysts Saying about Southwestern Energy?
Aug. 18 2020, Updated 5:15 a.m. ET
Recommendations
As of February 3, 2017, a total of 40 analysts have provided recommendations on Southwestern Energy (SWN). These include four “strong buy” recommendations, four “buy” recommendations, 28 “hold” recommendations, two “sell” recommendations, and two “strong sell” recommendations.
Target price
The median target price from above mentioned Wall Street analyst recommendations is $13.00, which is ~38% higher than its closing price of $9.43 on February 3, 2017.
The mean target price for SWN from these recommendations is $13.45, which is higher than the median target price.
How SWN’s recommendations have changed
In the past week, all SWN’s recommendations remained unchanged. During the same period, Southwestern Energy’s median target price remained unchanged, but SWN’s mean target prices rose from $13.42 to $13.45.
Other oil and gas producers
Based on the mean price targets of recommendations from Wall Street analysts, oil and gas peers Carrizo Oil & Gas (CRZO) and Gulfport Energy (GPOR) have potential upsides of ~33% and ~49%, respectively, from their closing prices on February 3. Denbury Resources (DNR) has potential downside of ~6%.
The SPDR S&P Oil and Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) generally invests at least 80% of its total assets in oil and gas exploration companies, whereas the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) generally invests at least 95% of its total assets in oil and gas companies.
