Whiting Petroleum Q1 Profit Rises - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Oil and natural gas company Whiting Petroleum Corp. (WLL) Wednesday reported first-quarter net income available to common shareholders of $109.1 million or $0.91 per share, compared with $86.0 million or $0.72 per share last year.

Excluding items, adjusted earnings for the quarter were $126.2 million or $1.05 per share, compared with $111.6 million or $0.94 per share a year ago.

Total revenues for the quarter were $740.25 million, compared to $613.37 million in the prior year.

On average, analysts polled by Thomson Reuters estimated earnings of $0.97 per share on revenues of $697.44 million for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.