One area that makes sense for growth investors to own is oil field services, as the recent huge increase in the rig count means business, a lot of business.
In a recent report, Jefferies asks whether investors running for their lives from the energy sector could possibly be a sign that things are getting ready to change.
Even if the capital expenditure downcycle does stay in place, these four oilfield services stocks are well positioned to continue to do well.
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey feels that the demand trends for the top oilfield services companies remain solid and investors should advantage of the current weakness and buy the dip.
Oilfield services company Weatherford has hired former Halliburton CFO as its new CEO, replacing Bernard J. Duroc-Danner who left the Swiss-based firm in November.
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A new Jefferies research report features its third big change for 2017. Plus four top dividend-paying stocks that long like great buys now.
With the fourth-quarter reporting season all but over, the windows for executives to buy and sell shares are opening back up and we have seen a big increase in the number of…
If you were buying oil services this time last year, you had either years of experience in the sector, were a deep value investor with a very long time line, or you…
Halliburton's full-year loss was slightly smaller than expected, and company's focus in 2017 will be on total returns. Analysts expect a solid gain in the first quarter as rig counts rise.
Paul Ausick The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday include Baker Hughes, Halliburton, J.C. Penney, Palo Alto Networks, Schlumberger, Walt Disney and Wells Fargo.
While nobody knows exactly what this year will bring, oil prices appear solidly over the $50 a barrel level, so a push to the $60 level is not out of the question…
Now is a good time for investors to maybe shed some losers and add some new stocks for the stretch run and 2017.
The JPMorgan plan of staying with the bigger, more liquid, sector leaders makes sense. These should fare better in the event of a market pullback.
With money expected to come out of the bond market, these four stocks are an attractive alternative that have solid upside potential, and they are the highest conviction picks at Jefferies.
