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Benzinga’s Volume Movers (SWSI, GEOY, NANO, AMED)
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 1:27pm | 182Superior Well Services, Inc (NASDAQ: SWSI) shares gained 20.84% to $22.03 at 1:18 pm. The volume of SWSI shares traded was 8894% higher than normal. Bernstein Liebhard LLP has announced that it is investigating the acquisition of Superior Well Services Inc by Nabors Industries Ltd (NYSE: NBR)....
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Jefferies Maintains Buy, But Lowers PT On Dril-Quip (DRQ)
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 12:35pm | 155Jefferies & Company, Inc. is out with a note, where it maintains its “buy” rating on shares of Dril-Quip (NYSE: DRQ); it has also lowered its price target to $60.00 from $62.00. DRQ recently reported 2Q10 operating EPS of $0.70 which slightly missed analyst ($0.74) and consensus ($0.71)...
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Dril-Quip Slips by a Penny - Analyst Blog
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 12:09pm | 340Dril-Quip Inc. (DRQ) reported modestly weaker-than-expected second-quarter earnings of 70 cents per share, compared with the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 71 cents. The quarter’s earnings were, however, slightly higher than the year-earlier profit of 68 cents. Revenues increased 6.6% year over year...
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Pritchard Capital Out With Some Color On Oil Sector (NBR, PVA, CRZO, TESO)
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 10:53am | 189Pritchard Capital is out with some color on various companies in the oil sector, including Nabors (NYSE: NBR), Penn Virginia (NYSE: PVA), Superior Well Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWSI) and Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRZO). In a note to clients Pritchard Capital writes, "SWSI ($18.23-S-$22),...
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Pritchard Capital Out With Some Color On Oil Sector (NBR, PVA, CRZO, TESO)
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 10:52am | 174Pritchard Capital is out with some color on various companies in the oil sector, including Nabors (NYSE: NBR), Penn Virginia (NYSE: PVA), Superior Well Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWSI) and Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRZO). In a note to clients Pritchard Capital writes, "SWSI ($18.23-S-$22),...
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Pritchard Capital Partners Increases Estimates on OYO Geospace (OYOG)
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 10:01am | 176Pritchard Capital Partners LLC is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Buy rating on OYO Geospace (NASDAQ: OYOG); it has a $70.00 price target on the stock. The PCP analysts cited the company’s recent earnings report, which handily beat estimates, both on the revenue...
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A Peek Into The Market Before The Trading Starts
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 9:21am | 510Pre-open movers US stock futures moved up marginally today, after falling in the previous session. While futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 42 points to 10,655, those on the S&P 500 added 5.10 points to 1,125. Meanwhile, Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 7.50 points to 1,910. A Peek...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (SWSI, ATEC, CAGC, JASO)
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 8:39am | 154Superior Well Services Inc (NASDAQ: SWSI) rose 20.95% to $22.05 in the pre-market session. Nabors Industries (NYSE: NBR) has agreed to purchase SWSI for $22.12 per share in cash. Alphatec Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: ATEC) added 3.35% to $2.47 in pre-market trading. ATEC had narrowed its loss on year-over...
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Shortfall In TESO’s Q2 Results Due To A Slip In Revenue
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 8:32am | 245Analyst William C Conroy of Pritchard Equity Research downgrades Tesco Corporation (NASDAQ: TESO) from "buy" to "neutral," while raising his estimates for the company. The target price for TESO has been reduced from $16 to $13. TESO’s 2Q EPS missed the estimates and the consensus by a wide margin....
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (APC, WG, VECO, PMC)
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 7:52am | 157Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) was downgraded by FBR Capital from “outperform” to “market perform.” APC’s shares closed at $55.68 on Friday. Anadarko Petroleum’s earnings may fall by 104.15% this year. KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded Willbros Group Inc (NYSE: WG) from “buy” to “hold...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Gainers (BHH, ERY, DTO, SCO)
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 4:23pm | 170B2B Internet HOLDRs (ETF) (NYSE: BHH) led the gainers among the ETFs today, with an increase in price of 4.96%. BHH had a volume of 169K traded shares. Direxion Daily Energy Bear 3X Shares (ETF) (NYSE: ERY) added 2.88% today, as ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) fell 1.35%. Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB...
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Pritchard Capital Maintains Buy Rating for WG
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 10:37am | 80Analysts at Pritchard Capital reiterated their Buy rating for shares of Willbros Group (WG) after the company reported mixed earnings yesterday. Pritchard Capital also lowered their price target for WG to $12 from $16 citing, "poor order rates in the quarter, along with lower margin assumptions...
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Tesco Q2 Results Miss Targets
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 6:22am | 57Tesco Corp (NASDAQ: TESO) reports its Q2 EPS at $0.02, missing the consensus of $0.07. TESO’s Q2 revenue came in at $85.4 million versus the estimates of $94.03 million. TESO’s shares lost 3.19% to close at $13.98 yesterday. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.
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UBS Downgrades TS To Neutral
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 6:16am | 39Analysts at UBS downgrade Tenaris SA (NYSE: TS) from "buy" to "neutral." TS’ shares lost 4.88% to close at $39.59 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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CAM Posts Strong 2Q, Estimates Raised By Dahlman
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 11:46am | 106Cameron International (NYSE: CAM) posted 2Q EPS of $0.58, $0.01 above Dahlman Rose's estimate and cites North America as the key driver for 2Q, where surface systems and distributed valve results were strong and offset the realization of lower margin backlog from 2009 in the Valves &...