Stock under consideration today: Eclipse Resources Corporation (ECR)

The shares of Eclipse Resources Corporation (NYSE:ECR) currently has mean rating of 2.75 while 1 analysts have recommended the shares as “BUY”, 3 recommended as “OUTPERFORM” and 11 recommended as “HOLD”. The rating score is on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 stands for strong buy and 5 stands for sell.

The company’s mean estimate for sales for the current quarter ending Jun 16 is 51.89M by 12 analysts. The means estimate of sales for the year ending Dec-16 is 223.76M by 13 analysts.

The mean price target for the shares of Eclipse Resources Corporation (ECR) is at 2.87 while the highest price target suggested by the analysts is 5.00 and low price target is 1.00. The mean price target is calculated keeping in view the consensus of 13 brokerage firms.

The average estimate of EPS for the current fiscal quarter for Eclipse Resources Corporation (ECR) stands at -0.09 while the EPS for the current year is fixed at -0.31 by 10 analysts.

The next one year’s EPS estimate is set at -0.28 by 17 analysts while a year ago the analysts suggested the company’s EPS at -0.31. The analysts also projected the company’s long-term growth at 25.90% for the upcoming five years.

In its latest quarter ended on 31^st March 2016, Eclipse Resources Corporation (ECR) reported earnings of $-0.09. The posted earnings topped the analyst’s consensus by $0.09 with the surprise factor of 50.00%. In the matter of earnings surprises, the term “Cockroach Effect” is often implied. Cockroach Effect is a market theory that suggests that when a company reveals bad news to the public, there may be many more related negative events that have yet to be revealed. In the case of earnings surprises, if a company is suggesting a negative earnings surprise it means there are more to come.

On June 1, 2016 Eclipse Resources Corporation (ECR) announced the participation of members from the Company’s executive management team in the following upcoming investor conferences:

• Tuesday June 21, 2016 (San Francisco, CA) – Wells Fargo West Coast Energy Conference. Benjamin W. Hulburt (Chairman, President and CEO) and Matthew R. DeNezza (Executive Vice President and CFO) will host one-on-one meetings.


• Wednesday June 29, 2016 (New York, NY) – JP Morgan Energy Equity Conference. Benjamin W. Hulburt (Chairman, President and CEO) will present at 1:40 pm Eastern Time and will host one-on-one meetings.

The Company’s investor presentation, which is posted on the corporate website atwww.eclipseresources.com under the investor relations section, will be referenced during these presentations.