Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

Global Hunter Securities initiated a coverage of the oil service sector. In a research report published today, Global Hunter expressed a very positive outlook on the sector. In the report, Global Hunter states, "We are initiating coverage of the oil service sector with a long-term bullish view of...

Boston Beer Company (SAM)- Trailing-12-Month Revenue- $471.9 million, Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)- 20.5%, Cash/Debt, $45.3 million / $0, Competitors- Anheuser-Busch (BUD), Molson Coors (TAP). Boston Beer Company is trading at a price of $84.15, a dramatic change of -0.87 with %...

Audiovox Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX) is estimated to post its FQ4 earnings at $0.02 per share. J.C. Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.25 on revenue of $3.95 billion. American Lorain Corporation (AMEX: ALN) is expected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.08 on revenue...

Shares of Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE: HLX) are lower on the session by 2.55%, trading at $15.65. Overall call volume is now running at 5.15x the daily average, with 55% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 3,819 contracts have traded on the session so far. Helix Energy...

Shares of Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE: HLX) are higher on the session by 0.87%, trading at $16.20. Overall call volume is now running at 3.78x the daily average, with 67% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 2,802 contracts have traded on the session so far. Helix Energy...

First Trust, the Illinois-based ETF issuer now with 58 funds and over $8 billion in assets under management, introduced the First Trust Mega Cap AlphaDex Fund (NYSE: FMK) today, an ETF that holds some of the largest and most familiar stocks listed in the U.S. With an expense ratio of 0.7%, FMK...

(TheStreet) -- Are technology stocks the darlings of Wall Street again a decade after the dot-com bubble burst? If analysts' recommendations are a guide, the answer is "yes." Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and other tech stocks are the most adored by Wall Street analysts. Based on...

(TheStreet) -- Are technology stocks the darlings of Wall Street again a decade after the dot-com bubble burst? If analysts' recommendations are a guide, the answer is "yes." Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and other tech stocks are the most adored by Wall Street analysts. Based on...

According to Jefferies, Bristow Group (NYSE: BRS) represents good LT small cap growth story leveraged to the expansion of global offshore drilling activity. Jefferies said that it believes improving market conditions and margins are likely already priced and see less than a 15% upside over the...

According to Jefferies, Newpark Resources (NYSE: NR) is upgraded to Buy. Jefferies said that it believes that Newpark's Drilling Fluids business is well positioned to grow rapidly over the next few years fueled by North American shale activity, improvement on the Gulf of Mexico, growth in Brazil...

J.P. Morgan raised its price target on IHS (NYSE: IHS) from $85 to $90. This revision was not enough for J.P. Morgan to upgrade its current rating on IHS from Neutral, however. In a research report published today, J.P. Morgan states "We like IHS' growth strategy and see room for continued margin...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on IHS (NYSE: IHS) from $85 to $90 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Index IQ launched IQ Global Oil Small Cap ETF (IOIL) last Thursday (5/5/11), the first ETF to target small cap stocks in the global oil industry.  The underlying index defines small caps as stocks in the bottom 10% of the entire oil industry's market capitalization.  The sub-sector breakdown shows...

Jefferies is out with its report today on Dril-Quip (NYSE: DRQ), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Jefferies writes, "DRQ remains very well positioned to benefit from rising international deepwater drilling activity over the next few years and will benefit when GOM activity returns. Based on...

The newly minted Global X FTSE Argentina 20 ETF (NYSE: ARGT) was one of the more widely anticipated new ETFs of 2011 as it gave investors another South American destination to evaluate and risk-takers got one more true frontier market ETF to take a look at, but ARGT has been pretty docile in just...