Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

Markets closed almost flat yesterday after erasing losses ahead of President Obama's State of Union speech, scheduled for later in the day. Late-day buying helped the markets gained slightly before the close.   On Tuesday, the markets closed almost flat after erasing early losses due to...

Dahlman Rose has published a research report on Weatherford International (NYSE: WFT) after the company reported 4Q10 earnings results that missed expectations. In the report, Dahlman Rose writes "The 4Q10 earnings season has shown that greater exposure to Western oil companies relative to National...

Leading oilfield services company, Weatherford International Ltd. (WFT) reported fourth quarter 2010 adjusted earnings of 21 cents per share, below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 23 cents. However, the quarterly results grew substantially from the year-earlier profit of 3 cents. The year-over-...

Western Digital Corporation (NYSE: WDC) was upgraded by BofA/Merrill from "underperform" to "buy." WDC's shares closed at $32.30 yesterday. Western Digital's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 23.76%. Macquarie upgrade Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) from "neutral" to "outperform.” BHI's shares...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Anglo American plc (AAUKY) Crocs Inc (CROX) H.B. Fuller Co (FUL) Halliburton Co (HAL) Johnson Controls Inc (JCI) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. ANGLO AMER -PLC (AAUKY): Free Stock Analysis Report CROCS INC (CROX): Free...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Anglo American plc (AAUKY) Crocs Inc (CROX) H.B. Fuller Co (FUL) Halliburton Co (HAL) Johnson Controls Inc (JCI) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. ANGLO AMER -PLC (AAUKY): Free Stock Analysis Report CROCS INC (CROX): Free...

The Dow loitered around 12,000 on Wednesday; surpassing the mark momentarily before ending the session slightly under. However, this milestone is really just semantics. The fact of the matter is that the market continues to move in the right direction, which put some pretty big Zacks #1 Rank stocks...

(TheStreet) -- The four major oil service stock plays have now reported fourth quarter earnings, and only Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) has managed to engineer a rally to a new 52-week high, in what's a big comeback for the previous oil service group underperformer. Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) and...

Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI) reported a nearly three-fold jump in per share profit in its fourth quarter given the ongoing strength of customer spending in unconventional oil and gas plays and price realization. The company's earnings came in at 77 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus...

Jefferies is out with a research report on various changes to its roster of companies. This morning, Jefferies initiated coverage on Elan (NYSE: ELN), rating the company a Buy with a $12 price target. In terms of price target changes, Jefferies changed Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) to $41 from $37, Bank...

Low Priced Stocks on the Move (IO),(ELN),(QUIK),(PSTI),(FBN)...

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Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI) reported a nearly three-fold jump in per share profit in its fourth quarter given the ongoing strength of customer spending in unconventional oil and gas plays and price realization. The company's earnings came in at 77 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus...

Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) reported 4Q10 EPS of $0.68, versus consensus of $0.63 and its estimate of $0.65. A shift to oil plays and a continued increase in complex completions led HAL to defend North American economics in the wake of increasing bearishness, though the growth rate of pressure pumping...

 A strong rally led by natural resources and tech shares helped markets to close in the green with the Dow nearing its psychological 12000 mark for the first time since June 2008. Tech stocks zoomed after chip maker Intel announced increased dividends and possible buy back of shares.  The Dow Jones...