Posts for Ticker ‘NFX’

Upping Natural Gas Output Just In Time For Lower Prices (NFX, APA, APC, CHK, DVN)

Exploration and production companies have been loading up on natural gas assets in the US for the past several years, and now it looks like that might not have been the best thing they could have done. Five years ago, natural gas prices were around their historical level relative to crude oil, about $1.00 for every $6.00 of the oil price. The ratio reflected the fact that a barrel of oil contains roughly six times more energy than a thousand cubic feet of natural gas. The most recent EIA natural gas report noted gas prices of $7.26/million BTUs, compared with crude oil prices of $18.90/million BTUs. So, what happened? And is it going to continue?

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The 52-Week Low Club 9/2/1008 (CDE)(NFX)(MDR)(INGN)(HERO)(FLEX)

Sad_clownCoeur d’Alene Mines (CDE) Bad day for commodities stocks. Drifts down to $1.62 from 52-week high of $5.18

Newfield Exploration (NFX) Crude down $6. Bad day for oil exploration stocks. Falls to $39.98 from 52-week high of $69.77.

McDermott International (MDR) Oil and gas equipment supplier. Drops to $31.14 from 52-week high of $67.14.

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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AFFX, C, DIS, DSCM, GSIC, JBLU, PNRA, UN, UNTD, DVN, KWK, NFX, EOG, FTO)

These are not the only important analyst calls out there, but these are the top analyst calls that 24/7 Wall St. is focusing on:

  • Affymetric (AFFX) raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Citigroup (C) saw its Debt rating cut from Aa2 to Aa3 and financial strength cut from A to B at Moody’s based on capital ratios.
  • Disney (DIS) raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Drugstore.com (DSCM) started as Buy at Banc of America.
  • GSI Commerce (GSIC) cut to Hold at Jefferies.
  • Jetblue Airways (JBLU) raised to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.
  • Panera Bread (PNRA) Cut to Neutral at Sun Trust Robinson Humphreys.
  • Unilever (UN) started as Buy at Banc of America.
  • United Online (UNTD) raised to Buy at Jefferies.
  • Credit Suisse makes downgrades in oil patch: Devon (DVN), EOG Resources (EOG), Frontier (FTO), Newfield Exploration (NFX), Quicksilver (KWK).

Jon C. Ogg
December 14, 2007