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  • Hedge Fund Y/Cap Management’s Top Picks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: BP, FCX, FTR, RLGY, SDRL

    Y/Cap Management is a business unit of Yield Capital Partners, which was founded by Richard Haydon in 2009. As might be inferred from the name of its parent, Y/Cap often invests in income stocks on the theory that structural factors in the market will lead to return on equities coming predominantly in the form of dividends as opposed to capital gains. The fund has also taken large positions more »

  • Buying on Weakness for This Offshore Drilling Provider

    By Nick Chiu - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: NE, SDRL, RIG

    Transocean (NYSE: RIG) owns the world's largest deepwater and ultra-deepwater drilling fleets and provides offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells internationally. Smart investors are patient and focus on the big trend for the long term. Despite the disappointing numbers, Transocean presents a good opportunity to buy on weakness to ride the uprising trend for offshore drilling while the company continues to maintain a strong backlog and more »

  • 3 Companies Drilling OPEC's Coffin

    By Robert Zimmerman - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: NE, SDRL, RIG

    Note: A previous version of this article incorrectly referred to Noble Corp as Noble Energy. The error has been corrected below.

    Oil exploration and production in the Gulf of Mexico continues its upward momentum in all aspects. By some estimates, the Gulf could yield 2.5 BOE/day. Given that the US imports about 4 million BOE/day from OPEC countries, Gulf of Mexico oil could seriously hurt OPEC imports more »

  • Which Deepwater Play Will Line Your Pockets?

    By Jordan Wathen - May 7, 2013 | Tickers: SDRL, RIG

    Deepwater drilling is overshadowed by onshore oil and natural gas plays, but the profits are still very real.

    Two major players get the bulk of attention from investors. On one hand, there is the older and more experienced Transocean (NYSE: RIG). On another hand is Seadrill (NYSE: SDRL), a new company backed by one of the John Fredriksen, a veteran of the oil container shipping business.

    What's the Difference more »

  • Buy This Offshore Driller for Major Dividend Upside

    By Piyush Arora - April 28, 2013 | Tickers: ESV, SDRL, RIG

    Shares of offshore drilling companies have been under pressure lately, mainly due to weaker oil prices and ordinary guidance provided by National Oilwell. But with the recovering major global economies and the political standoffs in Middle East, crude prices are expected to head north over the longer run.

    Naturally, oil exploration activities would follow crude prices, and the leading drilling companies including Seadrill (NYSE: SDRL), Ensco. (NYSE: ESV) and Transocean more »

  • Why You Should Invest In Seadrill

    By Ishtiaq Ahmed - April 23, 2013 | Tickers: COP, RDS-A, SDRL

    When making an investment decision, investors keep a number of factors in mind: future growth, dividends, cash generation, and earnings prospects. It is often difficult to find a company with earnings you can easily predict beyond two or three years in the future. However, a little deeper research will bring a handful of companies that fulfill the criteria. If you want to invest in a company with a visible earnings more »

  • 3 Dividend Payers I'm Watching Now

    By Robert Zimmerman - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: CLMT, LNCO, LINE, SDRL

    As earnings season begins, it’s time once again to review investments. Certainly, one should not live and die on one earnings report. However, it behooves investors to mind their holdings. These three companies pay big dividends and show up on my radar screen.

    Deep sea drilling with modern rigs?
    2012 saw a record high new oil finds in deepwater (over 4000 ft). A case can be made for offshore more »

  • 3 Dividend Payers I'm Watching Now

    By Robert Zimmerman - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: CLMT, LNCO, LINE, SDRL

    As earnings season begins, it’s time once again to review investments. Certainly, one should not live and die on one earnings report. However, it behooves investors to mind their holdings. These three companies pay big dividends and show up on my radar screen.

    Deep sea drilling with modern rigs?
    2012 saw a record high new oil finds in deepwater (over 4000 ft). A case can be made for offshore more »

  • 3 Dividend Payers I'm Watching Now

    By Robert Zimmerman - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: CLMT, LNCO, LINE, SDRL

    As earnings season begins, it’s time once again to review investments. Certainly, one should not live and die on one earnings report. However, it behooves investors to mind their holdings. These  three companies pay big dividends and show up on my radar screen.

    Deep sea drilling with modern rigs?
    2012 saw a record high new oil finds in deepwater (over 4000 ft). A case can be made for offshore more »

  • Looking at Seadrill With a SWOT Analysis

    By Fani Kelesidou - March 25, 2013 | Tickers: ESV, NE, SDRL, RIG

    You can easily figure out a company's "raison d'etre" just by taking a look at its mission statement. However, if you wish to dig deeper into its business and examine whether or not it lives up to its initial promise, a SWOT analysis should do the trick.

    Seadrill's (NYSE: SDRL) ultimate goal is to become “the world's most important partner in making oil and gas available more »

  • Oil Exploration In The United States Is Slowing Down

    By Rupert Hargreaves - March 5, 2013 | Tickers: NOV, SDRL, RIG

    When National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV) announced its results in February the company's shares tanked, despite the fact that the company achieved record earnings. Despite this, shares dropped on the company's forecast that drilling rates in the US were slowing down and the oil boom US could be starting to cool off.

    In my opinion this presents an excellent buying opportunity. I immediately purchased shares and will continue more »

  • To Drill or Refine? Good Ways to Collect Big Dividends

    By Robert Zimmerman - March 4, 2013 | Tickers: CLMT, LNCO, LINE, SDRL

    The boom in US energy production creates an income opportunity for retirees and those smart enough to plan ahead for retirement.  With Social Security projecting benefit cuts and facing insolvency in 2033, Americans need to take care of their retirement income themselves.  Below are three energy companies that can help Americans achieve a measure of financial independence.

    Did you catch them in the movie “Safe Haven?”

    Even if you didn more »

  • Not All Dividends Are Desirable

    By Robert Zimmerman - February 20, 2013 | Tickers: ETP, EXC, SDRL

    Dividend income plays an important part of retirement planning.  Large dividends attract attention from those smart enough not to rely on Social Security for their retirement income.  While I like big yields as much as anyone, I’ve learned the hard way investing in high-yield companies requires due diligence as much as investing in growth or value companies.  Below are three examples of high-yield companies that require some work before more »

  • This Energy Stock Is Ready To Outpeform

    By Jordo Bivona - February 19, 2013 | Tickers: OXY, PXD, SDRL

    In a difficult quarter for the energy industry, Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), the largest onshore crude producer in the U.S., reported profits that beat analysts’ consensus estimates. Excluding a $1.1 billion write-down for the impairment in value of natural gas assets, fourth-quarter EPS was $1.83 a share, which exceeded the average of 23 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

    This article examines how the company was able to more »

  • Offshore Drilling Is the Way To Go

    By Piyush Arora - February 15, 2013 | Tickers: BP, ESV, SDRL, RIG

    Brent crude is priced over the $115 mark again due to Iranian crude import cuts by India and China. Saudi Arabia had promised to ramp up its crude production to meet the shortfall of Iranian crude, but recently cut its production by 700,000 bpd. Moreover, crude demand is expected to grow between 6%-8% annually, and the depleting hydrocarbon resources are putting upward pressure on the commodity.

    Oil companies more »

  • Angola Holds an Enviable Position in the African Oil Rush

    By Nathan Kirykos - December 19, 2012 | Tickers: CIE, E, SDRL, STO, TOT

    After 27 years of civil war, peace has returned to Angola, allowing several foreign companies from the energy sector to invest there. Angola ranks as the 2nd largest oil producer in Africa, with 2011 production of 1.75M bopd. BP estimates that Angola hosts 13.5 billion barrels of oil reserves. Most of these reserves are offshore, because onshore exploration was impossible during the years of the civil war. Offshore more »

  • 3 Stocks to Avoid, 1 to Buy

    By Piyush Arora - December 12, 2012 | Tickers: ERF, ESV, PGH, SDRL

     

     
     
     
     
     
     

  • A Safe Value Stock to Consider

    By Shweta Dubey - December 3, 2012 | Tickers: NE, SDRL, RIG

    Seadrill Limited’s (NYSE: SDRL) stock has been trending sharply in the last one year, reaching its highest level in a 52 weeks range. The stock is currently trading at $38.88 with an appreciation of an impressive ~24%. SeaDrill operates a modern fleet of Drillships, Jack-up Rigs, Semi-submersible Rigs, and Tender Rigs. It has a solid dividend yield of 8.50% and its revenues have been increasing continuously since more »

  • Offshore Drilling with High Yield, Backlog, and Efficiency

    By Alvin Gonzales - December 1, 2012 | Tickers: DO, ESV, NE, SDRL, RIG

    Diamond Offshore Drilling (NYSE: DO) is having a down year.

    For the nine months ending on Sept. 30, the company’s revenue is down 13.13% year over year. In Q3 2012, Diamond Offshore’s revenue declined by 16.97% and net income declined by 31% year over year. The decline in earnings is the result of lower utilization and day rates. In Q3 2012, Diamond Offshore reported year over more »

  • Transocean: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

    By Ryan Guenette - November 13, 2012 | Tickers: DO, SDRL, RIG

    A SWOT analysis is a look at a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and is a tremendous way to gain a detailed and thorough perspective on a company and its future. Fresh off a shaky third quarter earnings report, in which the company reported a $381 million loss, I would like to pinpoint the former owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that burst into flames and later sank more »

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