Aventail Capital Group LP Makes New $3.16 Million Investment in Geopark Ltd $GPRK

Aventail Capital Group LP bought a new position in Geopark Ltd (NYSE:GPRK) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 426,928 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,164,000. Aventail Capital Group LP owned approximately 0.83% of Geopark as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. UBS Group AG grew its position in Geopark by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 988,754 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $7,327,000 after acquiring an additional 7,623 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC grew its position in Geopark by 41.6% in the third quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 619,822 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $3,948,000 after acquiring an additional 182,039 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its position in Geopark by 41.4% in the second quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 402,871 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $2,627,000 after acquiring an additional 117,909 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Geopark by 94.2% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 365,825 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $2,956,000 after acquiring an additional 177,496 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jump Financial LLC grew its position in Geopark by 205.4% in the third quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 351,569 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $2,239,000 after acquiring an additional 236,458 shares in the last quarter. 68.21% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director James Franklin Park sold 100,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, April 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.83, for a total value of $883,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 912,118 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,054,001.94. This represents a 9.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 1.50% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on GPRK shares. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $11.50 price objective on shares of Geopark in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Geopark from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $11.50.

Geopark Price Performance

NYSE:GPRK opened at $10.33 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $533.91 million, a P/E ratio of 9.83 and a beta of 0.36. Geopark Ltd has a one year low of $5.75 and a one year high of $11.87. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $9.85 and a 200 day moving average price of $8.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 0.96.

Geopark (NYSE:GPRK) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The oil and gas company reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.13. Geopark had a net margin of 11.74% and a return on equity of 36.71%. The firm had revenue of $128.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $140.00 million.

Geopark Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 20th were paid a $0.023 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 20th. This represents a $0.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Geopark’s dividend payout ratio is currently 8.57%.

Geopark Profile

Geopark Ltd. (NYSE:GPRK) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Latin America. Founded in 2002 and with corporate offices in Canada and regional headquarters in Bogotá, Colombia, Geopark pursues the discovery and development of unconventional and conventional hydrocarbon resources. The company’s strategy emphasizes asset consolidation in established basins alongside disciplined capital allocation to maximize production efficiency.

The company’s core operations are centered in Colombia’s Llanos Basin, where it holds interests in several producing blocks that deliver light crude oil to local and export markets.