GeoPark (NYSE:GPRK) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.43 EPS

GeoPark (NYSE:GPRK) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The oil and gas company reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.73 by ($0.43), Zacks reports. GeoPark had a net margin of 14.97% and a return on equity of 57.93%.

GeoPark Trading Up 0.6 %

GPRK stock traded up $0.05 on Wednesday, reaching $7.61. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,366,179 shares, compared to its average volume of 509,169. The firm has a market cap of $389.09 million, a PE ratio of 3.86 and a beta of 1.34. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $9.45 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $8.96. GeoPark has a 12-month low of $7.24 and a 12-month high of $11.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.53, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a current ratio of 1.28.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, StockNews.com lowered shares of GeoPark from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 28th.

About GeoPark

GeoPark Limited operates as an oil and natural gas exploration and production company primarily in Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and other Latin American countries. It engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas reserves. The company was formerly known as GeoPark Holdings Limited and changed its name to GeoPark Limited in July 2013.