Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% versus +10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid....

Jefferies is upgrading Weatherford International (NYSE: WFT) shares to Buy from Hold and raising price target to $27 from $19. “WFT's exposure to oily plays around the world and its operating leverage to rising international activity bodes well for the share performance over the next 9-12 months,”...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd (SVN) Alps Electric Co (APELY) CAI Intl Inc (CAP) Calamos Asset Management Inc (CLMS) Carbo Ceramics (CRR) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. CAI INTL INC (CAP): Free Stock Analysis Report CALAMOS...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd (SVN) Alps Electric Co (APELY) CAI Intl Inc (CAP) Calamos Asset Management Inc (CLMS) Carbo Ceramics (CRR) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. CAI INTL INC (CAP): Free Stock Analysis Report CALAMOS...

Jefferies reports that although it forecasts a strong improvement in offshore drilling activity in 2011, “we believe the offshore drillers will have difficulty sustaining the recent rally due to various headwinds.” Conversely, Jefferies believes the OSV sector may be finally poised to outperform. “...

Jefferies & Company has upgraded Weatherford International (NYSE: WFT) from Hold to Buy and has raised the price target from $19 to $27.

Analysts at Jefferies upgrade Weatherford International Ltd (NYSE: WFT) from “hold” to “buy.” The target price for WFT has been raised from $18 to $27. WFT shares fell 1.30% to close at $22.08 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% versus +10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid....

Robbins & Myers, Inc. (NYSE: RBN) and T-3 Energy Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTES) jointly announced today that the merger of T-3 into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Robbins & Myers is complete. Under the merger agreement, for each share of T-3 common stock, T-3 stockholders will receive 0.894...

The fallout from a Presidential panel which blamed a number of different oil service companies for the BP oil spill, including Transocean (NYSE: RIG) and Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), in addition to BP (NYSE: BP), is continuing to weigh on the sector. On Monday all of the major oil service names have...

Shares of Allis-Chalmers Energy (NYSE: ALY) are higher on the session by 0.14%, currently trading at $7.41. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A...

The Oil Service Holders Trust(NYSE: OIH) is declining sharply this morning. The OIH is trading lower by $2.70 to $136.55 a share. This comes on a day when many of the leading oil services stocks such as Halliburton Co.(NYSE: HAL), Transocean Ltd.(NYSE: RIG), and Schlumberger Ltd.(NYSE: SLB), are...

On Friday, the markets sunk to close in the red as financial stocks plunged following the court's ruling of two foreclosures as invalid.  Disappointing jobs growth data also added to the concern of the nervy investors and led the indices down.   The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.19% and...

On Friday, the markets sunk to close in the red as financial stocks plunged following the court's ruling of two foreclosures as invalid.  Disappointing jobs growth data also added to the concern of the nervy investors and led the indices down.   The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.19% and...

In its weekly release, Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI) reported a rise in the U.S. rig count (number of rigs searching for oil and gas in the country), primarily reflecting an increase in the number of land rigs. The Baker Hughes rig count, issued since 1944,...