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Helmerich & Payne Inc. (HP) Upgraded To Outperform
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 2:53pm | 132Analysts at CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets have upgraded Helmerich & Payne Inc. (NYSE: HP) from Underperform to Outperform. The company has been upgraded on the back of better earnings in the first quarter and an improving outlook for 2010. The company reported EPS of $0.59 which was ahead of...
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NE Announces Rig Downtime, Delays
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 1:10pm | 147Analyst Matthew D Conlan of MKM Partners maintains his "buy" rating on Noble Corp (NYSE: NE), while reducing his estimates for the company. The target price for NE has been reduced from $57 to $56. Noble has reported its 4Q09 results ahead of expectations. “Noble reported having multiple...
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NBR To Benefit From Favorable Industry Dynamics
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 11:34am | 165Analyst A Jayaram of Credit Suisse upgrades Nabors Industries Ltd (NYSE: NBR) from "neutral" to "outperform," while raising his estimates for the company. The target price for NBR has been raised from $22 to $30. The upgrade is “based on tightening conditions in the U.S. high-spec land rig market...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (BA, CME, NBR, NFLX, ITW)
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 10:41am | 275The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) was upgraded today by Broadpoint AmTech Research from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $76. The Boeing Company is now trading at $61.70, 0.40% down in the morning trading hours. The Boeing closed at $61.93 in the previous trading session. In the last year, BA has...
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Fast Money Picks For January 28th (PBR, CELG, RIG, AMGN)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 7:28pm | 141CNBC's Fast Money traders gave their final trades of the day. Tim Seymour recommends Petroleo Brasileiro SA (ADR) (Public, NYSE: PBR) as a buy. Petrobras (PBR) added 1.33% and closed at $41.27. Celgene (CELG) is Guy Adami's pick for Thursday. He believes this stock should be bought. Celgene (CELG)...
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Market Round-up (CTS, RRC, BHI, EOG, NBR, BA, BBT)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 3:18pm | 273The Wall Street Journal reported that according to CTS Corporation (NYSE: CTS), the company had no knowledge of issues faced by Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM). Energy sector advisor Elliott Gue finds four favorites in natural gas: EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG), Range Resources (NYSE: RRC), Nabors Industries...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (CAT, ZAGG, INSP, JAZZ, FSIN, HERO)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 9:29am | 317Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) decreased 3.03% to $54.16 in the pre-market session after Caterpillar reported today a profit of $232 million, or $0.36 per share, as compared to $661 million, or $1.08 per share, for the same quarter last year. Sales declined 39% to $7.9 billion. The 52-week trading...
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Reincorporation Inspired Selling Creates Buying Opportunity In ESV
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 1:20pm | 138Analyst Matthew D Conlan of MKM Partners maintains his "buy" rating on ENSCO International (NYSE: ESV). The target price for ESV is set to $56. According to MKM Partners, ENSCO International’s share price has depreciated 17% over the past two months, following the announcement of its...
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Top 5 Small-Cap Stocks In The Financial Sector With The Highest Sales Growth Estimates (VTG, ESGR, NPBC, WBS, FRME)
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 7:21am | 216Below are the top 5 small-cap stocks from the financial sector on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of sales growth estimates. The sales growth estimate for Vantage Drilling Company (NASDAQ: VTG) for this quarter is 3,720%. VTG’s market capitalization is $294.9 million. FBR Capital initiated...
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ESV To Benefit From Positive Industry Fundamentals
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 2:56pm | 122Analysts at Natixis Bleichroeder maintained their "hold" rating on Ensco International Inc (NYSE: ESV), while adjusting their estimates for the company. The target price for ESV has been reduced from $46 to $43. According to Natixis Bleichroeder, jackup activities would improve during 2010, which...
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Exxon (XOM), Noble Energy (NBL) & Transocean (RIG) Look Good, Says Phil Weiss
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 2:48pm | 138Crude oil appreciated 200% in the last 10 years. Speaking on CNBC, Argus Research Company’s senior energy analyst, Phil Weiss, gave his top three picks for the Year 2010. He favored Exxon (NYSE: XOM) based on its strong management and robust financials. He also expressed hope that Exxon’s...
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BUY Ratings On Noble (NE) and Transocean (RIG)
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 2:25pm | 150Natixis Bleichroeder said in a report that tendering activity has picked up in several regions, particularly in the Middle East, West Africa and Mexico and that the company remains optimistic that jack up activity will improve in 2010 and support steady day rates through 2011. The company...
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Cramer’s Picks (C, TIF, KSS, JWN, BBY, SBUX, BK, HAL, NBR, BHI, BJS)
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 1:45pm | 293CNBC's Mad Money show host Jim Cramer promoted a number of stocks on December 14, with Citigroup (NYSE: C) being his hot favorite. C opens its gigantic $17 billion equity offer this week. The company is raising capital through stock issuance to repay its government TARP loan. Jim is also bullish on...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (COO, ATK, MMM, UNT, LQDT, SQNM)
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 10:58am | 231The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE: COO) was today upgraded by Wells Fargo to Outperform from Market Perform and raised the price target range to $41-$43 from $28-$30. COO is now trading at $37.35, 10.11% up. So far in 2009, COO has gained over 129%. Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE: ATK) fell 0.56% to...
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Fast Money Picks For Wednesday December 9th (MBT, JPM, RIG, MS)
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 8:28pm | 132CNBC's Fast Money Tim Seymour would buy Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (ADR) (NYSE: MBT) at $42 on Wednesday. Mobile TeleSystems (MBT) dropped 5.65% today and closed at $46.10. Joe Terranova likes JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) and believes in its CEO Jamie Dimon. JPMorgan fell 0.10% to $41.21 on Tuesday. Karen...