RPC, Inc. (NYSE:RES) Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.94

RPC, Inc. (NYSE:RES) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 25th, RTT News reports. Investors of record on Friday, May 10th will be given a dividend of 0.94 per share by the oil and gas company on Monday, June 10th. This represents a $3.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 47.56%. This is an increase from RPC’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.04.

RPC has a dividend payout ratio of 15.7% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Research analysts expect RPC to earn $1.13 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.16 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 14.2%.

RPC Trading Down 1.6 %

NYSE RES opened at $7.91 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $7.64 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $7.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.78 and a beta of 1.60. RPC has a 12-month low of $6.34 and a 12-month high of $9.41.

RPC (NYSE:RES) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, January 25th. The oil and gas company reported $0.19 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.01. RPC had a return on equity of 21.26% and a net margin of 12.06%. The firm had revenue of $394.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $374.22 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.41 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 18.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that RPC will post 0.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Susquehanna boosted their target price on shares of RPC from $6.50 to $8.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, April 8th.

About RPC

RPC, Inc, through its subsidiaries, engages provision of a range of oilfield services and equipment for the oil and gas companies involved in the exploration, production, and development of oil and gas properties. The company operates through Technical Services and Support Services segments. The Technical Services segment offers pressure pumping, fracturing, acidizing, cementing, downhole tools, coiled tubing, snubbing, nitrogen, well control, wireline, pump down, and fishing services that are used in the completion, production, and maintenance of oil and gas wells.