Posts for Ticker ‘WHQ’

Trouble Brewing in Oil Patch Merger? (SII, WHQ)

On June 3, 2008, Smith International (NYSE:SII) and W-H Energy Services (NYSE:WHQ) entered into a definitive merger agreement that would have Smith paying $56.10 in cash and 0.48 common share for each W-H share outstanding. At the time, the transaction valued each W-H share at $93.55, for a total value of about $3.2 billion. Analysts looked on the deal as a good match.

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Posted on: August 8, 2008 – 9:35 am in Mergers and Buy Outs, Oil & Gas, ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ACAS, AAPL, CAi, CMA, DBD, GYI, UST, WHQ, YHOO)

These are some of the analyst calls affecting shares this Monday morning:

  • American Capital Strategies (NASDAQ: ACAS) downgraded to Sell at UBS.
  • Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) raised target to $220 from $200 at RBC.
  • CACI International (NYSE: CAI) raised to Buy at Jefferies & Co.
  • Comerica (NYSE: CMA) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Countrywide (NYSE: CFC) cut tp underperform at FBR.
  • Diebold (NYSE: DBD) raised to Buy at KeyBanc Capital Markets.
  • Getty Images (NYSE: GYI) downgraded to Market Perform at William Blair.
  • UST Inc. (NYSE: UST) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • W-H Energy Services (NYSE: WHQ) raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
  • Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) downgraded to Sell at Citigroup.

Jon C. Ogg
May 5, 2008

Posted on: May 5, 2008 – 7:12 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , ,