The trading price of Comstock Resources, Inc (NYSE:CRK) closed higher on current market day and closing at $20.24, 1.61% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $19.92 and $20.5835. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $22.06 and a 52-week low of $7.74. Over the past month, the stock has gained 3.58% in value.
Comstock Resources, Inc, whose market valuation is $5.93 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Feb-17. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 0.15 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 0.58 for current year and 1.05 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 410.56M for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 366M and highs of 469.6M. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 1.76B.
On the technical side, indicators suggest CRK has a 50% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned CRK a recommendation rating is 3. Out of them, 2 rate it a Hold, while 1 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Comstock Resources, Inc (CRK) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Hold, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
A quick review shows that CRK’s price is currently 8.74% off the SMA20 and 5.85% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 60.48, and weekly volatility stands at 3.95%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 6.18%. Comstock Resources, Inc (NYSE:CRK)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.44, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 1.03. With analysts defining $10-$13 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $11 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 50.59% off the estimated low and 35.77% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if CRK’s share price rises to $11, which is the median consensus price. At that level, CRK’s share price would be 45.65% above current price.
To see how Comstock Resources, Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: CRK stock’s performance was 1.61% in the latest trading, and 150.81% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Comstock Resources, Inc (NYSE:CRK) indicates that the 3-month average is 2.41 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 2.04.
Currently, records show that 292.26 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 73.29% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 31.01%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-02-28, stood at 22.3 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 9.63 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 2417.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in February were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 21.41 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 11.09% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
