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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market Losers (QCOR, ANDS, ALVR, COCO, TRMA)
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 8:50am | 178Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: QCOR) lost 8.94% to $8.45 in the pre-market session. QCOR has reported only a marginal year-over-year improvement in its Q1 net income. Anadys Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ANDS) tumbled 8.76% to $2.50 in the pre-market session. ANDS engages in developing...
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Top 5 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Industrial Goods Sector With The Lowest PEG Ratio (GFA, GGG, DRC, ATK, OC)
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 6:07am | 179Below are the top 5 mid-cap industrial goods stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of the PEG ratio. The PEG ratio of Gafisa SA Gafisa SA American (NYSE: GFA) is 0.26. GFA’s quarterly earnings have grown by 330.70% y/y. The PEG ratio of Graco Inc (NYSE: GGG) is 0.62. GGG has witnessed...
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Jefferies & Company Maintains Buy Rating For Core Laboratories (CLB)
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 3:59pm | 96Analyst Stephen Gengaro at Jefferies & Company has released an update on Core Laboratories (NYSE: CLB). The company reported its first-quarter results, last week. Core Laboratories reported first-quarter EPS of $1.38, which was ahead of Jefferies’ estimate of $1.36 and consensus of $1.31....
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Newpark Resources’s Price Target Raised at Wunderlich
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 9:53am | 172Newpark Resources (NYSE: NR), a diversified oil and gas industry supplier, is getting some bullish spin over at Wunderlich Securities this morning. The stock’s price target was raised to $12.00 from $8.00. The stock is currently trading $7.19, shooting higher by over 7% in the morning trade....
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Goldman Sachs Ups Estimates for the Oil Services Sector
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 9:11am | 128Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is upping estimates across the board for Oil Services names this morning, saying that, as a whole, the sector has 18% upside. Individual names such as Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), Encso International (NYSE: ESV), and Transocean (NYSE: RIG) each have upside price targets 30-60%...
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Wunderlich Securities Raises Price Target For Newpark Resources, Inc. (NR)
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 9:01am | 94Analysts Neal Dingmann and Jason Wangler at Wunderlich Securities have released an update on Newpark Resources, Inc. (NYSE: NR). Analysts have raised the price target for the company from $8 to $12. Newpark reported strong first-quarter results, beating estimates. Analysts believe that acceptance...
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Jefferies & Company Inc. Raises Price Target For FMC Technologies, Inc. (FTI)
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 5:37pm | 96Analyst Stephen Gengaro at Jefferies & Company Inc. has released an update on FMC Technologies (NYSE: FTI). The company has reported its first-quarter results. FMC Technologies reported first-quarter EPS of $0.80, which was ahead of Jefferies’ estimate of $0.67 and consensus estimate of $0.64...
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ETFs To Watch April 30, 2010 (OIH, EWP, HAO, RXL)
Friday, April 30, 2010 - 5:41am | 227Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Friday April 30, 2010. Play Chevron (NYSE: CVX) with the Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE). On news of Cameron International's (NYSE: CAM) exposure to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, watch the Oil Services HOLDRs (AMEX: OIH). With unemployment...
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Cameron International Falls on Oil Leak
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 12:14pm | 157Cameron International (NYSE: CAM) is leaking lower today, currently off 9.15% to $40.40, after it was slapped with a lawsuit accusing operators of the rig behind a Gulf of Mexico oil spill of negligence, seeking millions of dollars in damages. Other defendants in the case are BP (NYSE: BP),...
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Stifel Nicolaus Raises National-Oilwell Varco (NOV) Price Target And Estimates
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 11:50am | 169Stifel, Nicolaus & Company analysts R. Thaddeus Vayda and Warren J. Prosser reiterated their Buy rating for shares of National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV), raised the target price from $54 to $62. The analysts also increased their National-Oilwell Varco earnings forecast for fiscal year...
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Top 5 Large-Cap Stocks In The Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Industry With The Highest Return On Equity (SLB, CAM, HAL, NOV, BHI)
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 8:07am | 179Below are the top 5 large-cap oil & gas equipment & services stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of ROE. Schlumberger NV (NYSE: SLB) has a trailing-twelve-month ROE of 17.54%. Susquehanna Financial upgraded SLB from “neutral” to “positive.” Cameron International Corp (NYSE: CAM) has...
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Top Performing Industries For April 23 (SII, CX, CHCI, APPY, BYI)
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 3:35pm | 261At 1:40 p.m., Dow gained 17.99, or 0.16%, to 11,152.28, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 1.73 or 0.14%. The Nasdaq composite index lost 2.98 or 0.12%. The industries that are driving the market today are: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services: The top gainer of the day,...
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Oil Indices Are Up (SLB, XOM, XTO)
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 12:02pm | 150Oil services shares have showed an uptick in early trading today. The NYSE Arca Oil Index is up by 1.76% and The NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index has increased by 1.97%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Index has jumped by 3.8%. Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) posted a 28% decline in its quarterly profits but has...
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Schlumberger Soaring After Earnings (SLB)
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 11:08am | 178Oil services name Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) released their quarterly earnings numbers prior to the opening bell this morning. The stock has jumped 6.73% in the wake of this report. Buying pressure has been sustained throughout the early part of the trading session. Schlumberger reported...
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Company News for April 23, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 10:00am | 322• Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) reported after the close with results of 45 cents up from estimates of 42 cents versus 33 cents a year ago, with revenues up 6.2%, to $14.5 billion, versus Street estimates of $14.47 billion • Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) posted earnings of 66 cents versus last year's 41 cents...