The world’s largest oilfield services company, Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE:SLB), reported earnings this morning. The resemblance to the earnings reports from Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) and Weatherford International Limited (NYSE: WFT) from earlier this…
This is turning into a lousy week for oilfield services company. Today’s really downbeat earnings report from BJ Services Co. (NYSE:BJS) follows on yesterday’s weak reports from Halliburton Co. (NYSE:HAL) and Weatherford…
Two of the largest oilfield services companies reported first quarter earnings today. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) and Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE:WFT) both came in close to analysts’ estimates, but that doesn’t look like…
Several of the big oil companies are putting the squeeze on oil field services providers to renegotiate contracts and lower costs for drilling services. BP plc (NYSE:BP), Total SA (NYSE:TOT), and Royal…
These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls from Wall Street that we have seen this Wednesday morning: American Express (AXP) Cut to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Autodesk…
This week 24/7 Wall St. is picking several stocks from major sectors that are likely to double off of their lows. The time frame is by the end of 2010, which is…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls we have seen early this Tuesday morning: Apogee (APOG) Cut to Sell at Piper Jaffray. BJ Services (BJS) Cut to…
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) followed in the footsteps of competitors Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. (NYSE: DO) and Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB), reporting fourth quarter and full-year results that missed expectations. Transocean announced net…
National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NYSE:NOV) reported a solid beat of analysts’ estimates for the fourth quarter. After last week’s surprising earnings from Halliburton Co. (NYSE:HAL) and Weatherford International Limited (NYSE:WFT), National Oil…
Smith International, Inc. (NYSE:SII) led the parade of oil field services stocks downhill yesterday. Smith opened Thursday more than $1.50/share lower than Wednesday’s close and finished the day even lower. Schlumberger Limited…
That Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE:BHI) this morning reported better-than-expected results for its fourth quarter shouldn’t really be a surprise. When Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) and Weatherford International Limited (NYSE:WFT) reported results, the market…
The earnings reports from oil field services companies Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) and Weatherford International Inc. (NYSE:WFT) surprised investors on the upside this morning. Given the bad news out of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB)…
Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) reported a clear miss on quarterly and annual revenue and EPS estimates, but shares rose more than 6%. On top of that, the company expects 2009 to be weak,…
This week is the launch of earnings season, and we have outlined the companies which we believe will have the largest impact on their sector or on the overall market. Johnson &…
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) already gave its severe earnings warning and we have already seen layoffs coming out of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB). and its dragging down share prices for the other oil…
