Susquehanna upped their price target on shares of WPX ENERGY INC (NYSE: WPX) from $14.00 to $15.00 in a research note issued on Tuesday.

A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on WPX. Analysts at Zacks downgraded shares of WPX ENERGY INC from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note to investors on Friday, March 8th. They now have a $15.00 price target on the stock. Separately, analysts at Deutsche Bank cut their price target on shares of WPX ENERGY INC from $19.00 to $17.00 in a research note to investors on Friday, March 1st. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock. Finally, analysts at Howard Weil downgraded shares of WPX ENERGY INC from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating in a research note to investors on Thursday, January 17th.

One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. The stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $16.20.

WPX ENERGY INC (NYSE: WPX) traded down 0.78% on Tuesday, hitting $16.51. WPX ENERGY INC has a 1-year low of $13.22 and a 1-year high of $19.69. The stock’s 50-day moving average is currently $15.21. The company’s market cap is $3.304 billion.

WPX ENERGY INC (NYSE: WPX) last released its earnings data on Thursday, February 28th. The company reported ($0.20) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the analysts’ consensus estimate of ($0.03) by $0.17. The company had revenue of $572.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $701.53 million. WPX ENERGY INC’s revenue was down 8.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that WPX ENERGY INC will post $-0.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

WPX Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WPX) is an independent natural gas and oil exploration and production company engaged in the exploitation and development of long-life unconventional properties.

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