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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADTN, AAP, APD, MT, ADP, BKU, BA, CATM, CSH, CVX, C, HGSI, LAMR, MA, RSH, SMG, UBS, VE, V, WFT, BRCM)

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 8:14 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Cut to Hold at ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CELL, CSCO, DECK, DO, FTE, HTS, HWAY, HERO, LVS, LULU, MPEL, NRG, PM, SLB, SAH, STFC, VE, VRSN, WFT, YUM)

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 8:21 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Brightpoint Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL) Reiterate as Buy with a $14 ...
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Implied Gains in Oil Field Services Stocks May Not be Real (SLB, HAL, BHI, RIG, NOV, WFT)

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 2:01 pm

Share prices for the oil field services companies dipped in late July shortly after many of the companies had posted new 52-week highs. The stocks have been struggling since then, ...
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Expected Upside Gains for Oil Field Services Companies (SLB, HAL, BHI, RIG, NOV, WFT)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 1:36 pm

Following last year’s disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, oil drillers and field services companies watched their shares fall more than -20% in most cases as prospects for exploration and ...
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The Best Value Stock in Oil Field Services (SLB, HAL, NOV, BHI, WFT)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 10:18 am

There are five companies that dominate the oil field services industry, and all have a market cap above $10 billion. The five are Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB), Halliburton Co. (NYSE: ...
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Federal Panel Wants Controls on Fracking (HAL, SLB, WFT, CPX, KEG, PTEN, RES, SWSIP, BHI, CHK, RRC)

Posted: August 11, 2011 at 9:42 am

The boom in natural gas production resulting from horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has come at a price. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence that the chemical stew of ...
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Oil Field Services’ Stocks, ETFs Get Boost from Weatherford (WFT, SLB, HAL, BHI, OIH, XES, PXJ, IEZ)

Posted: July 26, 2011 at 10:59 am

As an industry, the oil field services sector is doing very well. Its P/E ratio for the trailing twelve months is 36 and its price/book ratio is 6.0. With a ...
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Key Stocks To Watch The Week Ahead, The Unusual Suspects (AMD, BKU, BAMM, BPI, CA, CLH, DWA, ERTS, ETFC, F, GLD, SLV, LNKD, Z, P, LULU, NWS, WFT)

Posted: July 24, 2011 at 7:30 am

24/7 Wall St. usually looks for the companies with upcoming events in the week ahead.  During earnings season, we generally feature companies only with non-earnings events.  This is our list ...
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Schlumberger Earnings, Revenues Fall Short; BP Sues Halliburton (SLB, WFT, HAL, BHI, BP, RIG, CAM)

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 9:20 am

Bad weather in North America and Australia, political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, and a slow return to drilling in the US Gulf of Mexico have all ...
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Halliburton Earnings Surge, But Services Sector Has Risks Ahead (HAL, SLB, BHI, WFT, OIH)

Posted: April 18, 2011 at 10:04 am

Oil field services firm Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) reported EPS of $0.61 for its first quarter, more than double its profit in the same period a year ago. Revenue reached ...
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Best Oil Field Services Stock for 2011 (SLB, HAL, NOV, BHI, WFT, GE, OIH)

Posted: December 31, 2010 at 9:33 am

With crude oil prices hovering around $90/barrel, exploration and production companies are expected to increase their spending in 2011 by about 11%, for a total of about $490 billion. Oil ...
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Schlumberger Earnings Just Meet Estimates (SLB, HAL, WFT, OIH)

Posted: October 22, 2010 at 9:42 am

Schlumberger N.V. (NYSE:SLB) reported third quarter earnings this morning and the short story is there were no surprises. Like competitors Halliburton Co. (NYSE:HAL) and Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE:WFT), onshore drilling ...
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Oil Field Services Firms’ Earnings are Good Enough (DO, NE, HAL, WFT, SLB, RIG)

Posted: October 21, 2010 at 12:37 pm

How investors view the oil field services business depends a lot on whether a company is heavily involved in offshore drilling. Onshore drillers have seen share prices rise steadily as ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AEG, BHI, BP, K, KKD, MBT, NAV, CRM, SLB, UTHR, VIP, WFT)

Posted: June 10, 2010 at 8:27 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning: AEGON NV (NYSE: AEG) Cut to Market Perform ...
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Gabelli’s New Focus Five Picks (HSNI, MJN, AMTD, TIVO, WFT, CVC, KOF, STZ, MA, ESI)

Posted: May 3, 2010 at 12:01 pm

GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL) is the parent of Gabelli & Company and is run by the very well known investment manager Mario Gabelli.  This morning came the release of ...
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