Raymond James analyst John Freeman lowered his price target for Whiting Petroleum to $25 from $35 after the company delivered "disappointing" quarterly results and lowered its oil growth outlook significantly, which "spooked the market" along with an unexpected restructuring. In a research note to investors, Freeman says he feels that the Street is mistakenly assuming a meaningful degradation in acreage quality in these results, rather than the largely external issues that appear to be driving the lowered guidance. While painful in the short run, the analyst believes these issues will work themselves out and maintains a Strong Buy rating.