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…
These are some of the top per-market analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing from Wall Street this Thursday morning: Best Buy (BBY) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Chubb (CB) Raised…
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…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we are seeing from Wall Street this Wednesday morning: Baidu.com (BIDU) Started as Outperform at Bernstein. Best Buy (BBY)…
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,…
Oil field services company Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE:WFT) announced that it has begun offering Senior Notes due in 2019. A subsidiary of Weatherford "will fully and unconditionally guarantee the notes on a…
Chesapeake Energy (CHK) National gas supply levels fall. Drops to $11.54 from 52-week high of $74. Weatherford International (WFT) Oil prices hurting drilling equipment firms. Plunges to $8.32 from 52-week high of…
General Growth Properties (GGP) S&P cuts ratings on growth concerns. Falls to $7.25 from 52-week high of $57.84. Mosaic (MOS) Fiscal quarter earnings miss mark. Drops to $39.50 from 52-week high of…
Less than a month ago, we published a story on oilfield services companies and how their stocks had fallen along with the price of crude. Their stocks should be doing better considering…
Oil Services are deemed by many market pundits as being more insulated than integrated oils, refiners, and other sub-sectors of the energy sector for oil and gas. While these frequently move in-line…
While many funds and money managers are under watch, Ken Heebner and the investments in his CGM FOCUS FUND (CGMFX) are perhaps more closely watched than any other in today’s current market. …
These are some of the top analyst calls in oil and gas stocks we have seen in the early hours of trading this Tuesday morning. Citigroup picked up new coverage on many…
Oil field services biggies, Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and Weatherford (NYSE:WFT), reported first quarter results before the market opened this morning. Halliburton reported EPS of $0.64 on revenue of $4.03 billion, and First Call…
Goldman Sachs has made a change in its oil services sector expectation this morning: It has raised Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) to Buy from Neutral and has raised 2008 EPS estimates by about…
