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Global Hunter Securities maintained its Oceaneering International (NYSE: OII) Neutral rating and raised Oceaneering International's price target from $81 to $90 in a research report published today. In the report, Global Hunter Securities states, "OII's Q1 beat was a function of a lower tax rate...

T. Boone clearly has a knack for picking energy stocks. We took a look at his portfolio and decided to dig a little deeper into five of his holdings: Halliburton (HAL): Pickens increased his holdings in Halliburton during the most recent reporting period at the average price of around $36 per share...

Global Hunter is out with its report today on Superior Energy Services (NYSE: SPN), raising its PT from $44 to $49. In a note to clients, Global Hunter writes, "SPN put up 1Q EPS in line with expectations, but interest expense hampered guidance. Still, we believe operational expectations remain in...

Global Hunter is out with its report today on Oil States International (NYSE: OIS), upgrading OIS from Accumulate to Buy. In a note to clients, Global Hunter writes, "We are upgrading OIS to a Buy rating, from Accumulate, and increasing our price target to $97. We have high conviction that the...

Dresser-Rand Group (NYSE: DRC) Reports EPS of $0.13 vs. $0.10 Estimate; Revenues $354.2M vs. $423M Estimate

Newpark Resources (NYSE: NR) Reports EPS of $0.16 vs. $0.13 Estimate; Revenues $202.7M vs. $191.31M Estimate.

Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) chairman and chief executive officer, Chad C. Deaton, announced today that the Baker Hughes Board declared the regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share of common stock payable May 20, 2011, to holders of record on May 9, 2011.

In today's UBS research summary, UBS lowered the price target of Flextronics International (NASDAQ: FLEX) from $10 to $9.50. UBS increased the price targets of Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW) from $47 to $52, Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) from $87 to $95, Buckeye Technologies (NYSE: BKI) from $28 to $29...

As traders start packing away lunch and thinking about their after-trading martinis, benzinga takes a look at five top gainers so far today. Vital Images (NASDAQ: VTAL) Vital Images is a leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis software for physicians and healthcare specialists. The...

Shares of the Oil Service HOLDRs Trust ETF (NYSE: OIH), which holds major service names such as Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) and Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) has recouped earlier losses and is now trading in positive territory on the session. The heavily traded ETF is now up 0.27% to $160.88. If the...

Global Hunter Securities raised its FMC Technologies (NYSE: FTI) price target from $43.50 to $49 and maintained its FMC Technologies Neutral rating in a research report published today. In the report, Global Hunter Securities states, "Investors yesterday punished FTI for three facts that were well...

Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE:SWC)- Stillwater Mining Company is engaged in the development, extraction, processing, refining and marketing of palladium, platinum and associated metals (platinum group metals (PGMs)) from a geological formation in south central Montana known as the J-M Reef and...

Dahlman Rose has issued a report on the Q1 EPS from Oceaneering Intl (NYSE: OII). According to the report, "Oceaneering International reported Q1 EPS of $0.77 compared with our $0.68 per share estimate and management guidance of $0.65-$0.70 per share." OII is Buy rated and closed at $93.00 a...

Gabelli & Company has issued a report regarding the 1Q11 results from Oceaneering Intl (NYSE: OII). According to Gabelli, "Yesterday the company reported Q1 2011 results: o Net sales $470 million down 6% from Q4 2010 but up 8% from Q1 2010 o EBITDA of $96.8 million vs. $112.4 million in Q4...

CARBO Ceramics (NYSE: CRR) Reports EPS of $ 1.30 vs. $1.02 Estimate; Revenues $150.8M vs. $129.45M Estimate