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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration Industry With The Highest Cash (NOG, HERO, VTG, CTE)
Friday, April 8, 2011 - 12:16am | 140Below are the top small-cap oil & gas drilling & exploration stocks on the NYSE, the NASDAQ and the AMEX in terms of cash. Northern Oil and Gas Inc (AMEX: NOG) had $191.84 million in total cash and no debt for the latest quarter. Hercules Offshore Inc (NASDAQ: HERO) had $136.67 million...
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REMINDER: Hercules Offshore To Resume Trading At 5:00pm (HERO)
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 4:54pm | 20Hercules Offshore (NASDAQ: HERO) will resume trading at 5:00 p.m. EST today.
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UPDATE: Global Hunter Upgrades Hercules Offshore to Buy (HERO)
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 9:19am | 125Global Hunter is out with its report today on Hercules Offshore (NASDAQ: HERO), upgrading HERO from Neutral to Buy. In a note to clients, Global Hunter writes, "Hercules is improving its position in the US Gulf shallow water market upon acquisition of 20 Seahawk jackups with deal closure in two...
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CIBC Upgrades PDS To Sector Performer
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 6:42am | 49Analysts at CIBC upgrade Precision Drilling Corporation (NYSE: PDS) from “underperformer” to “sector performer.” The target price for PDS has been raised from $12.50 to $15.50. PDS shares closed at $14.08 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Royale Energy Trading Higher Today (ROYL)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 10:00am | 31Royale Energy (NASDAQ: ROYL) is trading higher today. At the time of posting, shares of ROYL were trading at $5.44, up 7.21% from Tuesday's close.
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Companies Trading at or near 52-week Highs This Morning (FAST, AA, NE, SRCL, HSY, CCE, GENZ, FO, NSM)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 9:47am | 168After the market open, here are some companies trading at or near 52-week highs: Fastenal Company (NASDAQ: FAST) at $69.56, up 4.22% from Tuesday's close; Alcoa (NYSE: AA) at $18.23, up 1.00% from Tuesday's close; Noble Energy (NYSE: NE) at $46.20, up 1.33% from Tuesday's close; Stericycle (...
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Transocean Executives To Donate Safety Bonuses
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 6:27pm | 262Amid a firestorm of controversy following plans by Transocean (NYSE: RIG), the world's largest provider of offshore drilling services, to award bonuses to executives based on the company's 2010 safety record, the company's senior management team, led by Chief Executive Officer Steven Newman,...
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Jefferies More Bullish On Longer-Term Outlook For Brazilian Offshore Market (SPN, PDE, SDRL)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 7:37am | 139Following 3+ days of meetings in Rio de Janeiro with a wide range of companies that included Petrobras, OGX, Odebrecht, Superior Energy (NYSE: SPN), Pride (NYSE: PDE), and Seadrill (NYSE: SDRL), Jefferies reports that it came away from its trip “incrementally more positive on the outlook for the...
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Global Hunter Accumulate Rating Is Reiterated
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 9:11am | 106According to Global Hunter Securities, Ensco (NYSE: ESV) Accumulate rating is maintained. Global Hunter Securities reported that ENSCO announced the early termination of the HSR waiting period as it relates to the acquisition of Pride International. “We are taking the opportunity to update our...
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Duncan-Williams Lowers Rating On Helmerich & Payne
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 7:30am | 66Duncan-Williams, Inc. has downgraded its rating on Helmerich & Payne (NYSE: HP) from Buy to Reduce. “We are lowering our rating to REDUCE from BUY based on valuation. We recommend investors take profits at present levels and look for a pullback in the stock as well as a lower entry point,”...
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Duncan Williams Downgrades Helmerich & Payne To Reduce
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 6:58am | 20Duncan Williams has downgraded Helmerich & Payne (NYSE: HP) from Buy to Reduce.
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Markets on the Move after US Employment Data
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 2:46pm | 971Cusick's Corner Jobs, that is what the market was greeted with this morning, Payrolls up over the 200k mark and Unemployment still dropping, 8.8%. The market tore up on the open and has held into the Midday. The question is how you play the rising risk of inflation and growth. One might look at...
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Puts Purchased on Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN)
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 11:44am | 147Shares of Patterson-UTI Energy (NASDAQ: PTEN) are higher on the session by 0.37%, currently trading at $29.50. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today...
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Best Quarter since the 90's
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 6:04pm | 878Cusick's Corner Best Quarter since the 90's, but the After Hours was still quite. While volume has been light, the small caps were active, a positive for potential upside momentum, and was the Cherry on top of today's ice cream after we did see a decent end in today volume for the first time all...
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Crude on the Move
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 4:21pm | 942Cusick's Corner Volume is way down, window dressing is done and the market rests in front of the Unemployment data tomorrow. Take the afternoon looking at sectors and stocks that you believe will grow in a sub 9% unemployment environment. Keep in mind that you will have to take into consideration...