Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) Shares Purchased by Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc.

Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN – Get Rating) by 36.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 139,950 shares of the energy company’s stock after acquiring an additional 37,690 shares during the quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Southwestern Energy were worth $819,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Southwestern Energy by 7.9% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 128,222,158 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $919,352,000 after purchasing an additional 9,410,861 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its position in Southwestern Energy by 21.5% in the 1st quarter. State Street Corp now owns 55,933,972 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $401,047,000 after buying an additional 9,882,224 shares during the period. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN boosted its position in Southwestern Energy by 12.3% in the 3rd quarter. Disciplined Growth Investors Inc. MN now owns 31,014,790 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $189,811,000 after buying an additional 3,400,863 shares during the period. Neuberger Berman Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Southwestern Energy by 29.8% in the third quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC now owns 15,869,358 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $97,120,000 after acquiring an additional 3,644,846 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its position in shares of Southwestern Energy by 9.6% during the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 15,216,476 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $89,016,000 after acquiring an additional 1,338,319 shares during the period. 82.26% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Southwestern Energy Trading Down 1.1 %

NYSE SWN opened at $5.36 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $4.97 and its two-hundred day moving average is $5.59. Southwestern Energy has a one year low of $4.57 and a one year high of $9.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.55. The firm has a market cap of $5.90 billion, a PE ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.31.

Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April 28th. The energy company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $2.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.36 billion. Southwestern Energy had a return on equity of 41.76% and a net margin of 45.59%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 28.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.40 EPS. Analysts expect that Southwestern Energy will post 0.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently issued reports on SWN. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on Southwestern Energy from $6.00 to $5.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 27th. Benchmark downgraded Southwestern Energy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, January 23rd. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on shares of Southwestern Energy from $9.00 to $8.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 19th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on shares of Southwestern Energy from $7.00 to $6.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 13th. Finally, Raymond James lowered shares of Southwestern Energy from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, February 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have issued a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Southwestern Energy has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $7.94.

Southwestern Energy Profile

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Southwestern Energy Co is a holding company, which engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). It operates through the Exploration and Production (E&P), and Marketing segments. The E&P segment includes operations in northeast Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and southwest Pennsylvania, The Marketing segment deals in the marketing and transportation of natural gas, oil and NGLs primarily produced in E&P.