Analysts await Sanchez Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:SN) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $-0.17 EPS, up 523.53% or $0.89 from last year’s $-1.06 per share.

At the moment 17 analysts are watching Sanchez Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:SN), 4 rate it “Buy”, 4 “Outperform”, 9 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 13 analysts have a mean sales target of 132.18 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 13 analysts have a mean sales target of 134.50 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 16 analysts have a mean target of 501.45 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 16 analysts have a -0.07 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 16 analysts have a -0.05 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 16 estimates of -0.28 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Sanchez Energy Corporation include Vanguard Group Inc which owns 4 million shares in the company valued at $16.11 million. Wells Fargo Bank NA is the second biggest holder with 3 million shares currently valued at 28.69 million whilst Franklin Advisers Inc has 3 million shares valued at 11.88 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 42,134,740 with a reported 4,458,309 bought and 10,493,219 sold. These holdings make up 67.75% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 4,288,990 shares in the business which makes up 6.85% of shares. The biggest holder currently is Antonio R. Sanchez, Jr who owns 1,349,980 shares (2.16% of those outstanding), whilst Mr. Eduardo Sanchez holds 1,066,119 (1.70% of shares outstanding) and Mr. Chris Heinson holds 619,441 (0.99% of shares outstanding).

The stock increased 3.69% or $0.31 during the last trading session, hitting $9.15. Sanchez Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:SN) has risen 30.6% over the past 6 months and is uptrending.