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ROWAN COMPANIES INC RDC

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-37.11% in 477 days Rowan Companies, Inc. provides a range of onshore and offshore contract drilling services in the United States and internationally. The company’s drilling operations are conducted primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, the Middle East, the North Sea, Trinidad, and offshore eastern Canada, as well as in western Africa and onshore in the United States. As of February 26, 2008, it provided contract drilling services through a fleet of 21 self-elevating mobile offshore drilling platforms and 29 deep-well land drilling rigs. The company also manufactures and markets drilling products and systems,< /><><><><><><>< /><><><><><><><><><><>< /><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< />< /><><><><><><><><><><><>< />< /><><><><><><><><><><><>< />< /><><><><><><><><><><><>< />< /><><><><><><><><><><><>< />< /><><><><><><><><><><><>< />< /><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< /><><>< /><><><><><><><><>< /><><><><><><><><>< /><><><><><><><><>< /><><><><><><>< /><><>< /><><>< /><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< />< /><><><><><><><><><><>< /><><><><>< /><><><><>< /><><><><>< /><><><><>< />< /><><><><>< /><><><><><><><><><><><><>< />< /><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< />< />< />< />< /><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>... Continue reading »

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Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: LEN, RDC, FFIN, SII, AN, ACHN, UA, LULU, JST

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Brinker Intl (EAT), Allegheny Energy (AYE), AutoNation Inc (AN), Dean Foods (DF), Morgan Stanley (MS), Under Armour'A' (UA), Analyst initiations Analyst upgrades: <> Citigroup upgraded Lennar (NYSE: LEN) to Buy from Hold as it believes the company's near-term liquidity profile is improved following the $400M debt issuance. The firm raised its target price to $12 from $11. <>Jefferies upgraded Rowan Companies (NYSE: RDC) to Buy from Hold as it believes jack-up drillers will continue to outperform deepwater names. The firm raised... Continue reading »

Bloomberg: Oil My Slingshot Up After Credit Freezes Rigs

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While I doubt the veracity of the current move up in oil [Mar 27: Thesis Buying 101 in Oil - Even Experts Mock It] this Bloomberg piece does parallel completely my thoughts over the longer term that we've been stating for the better part of a year; when the world economy does indeed return to stabilization, and then growth the lack of investment now will cause a repeat of what we went through in 2007 and early 2008 in prices of commodities. [Mar 15: NYT - As Oil Prices Plunge, a Frenzy of Drilling Ends] If indeed the "bull" case of "the recovery" comes true sooner rather than later it will... Continue reading »

Earnings results and economic reports - Week 45.

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Monday: Economic Construction (-0.8%), ISM (42.0) Earnings Allegheny Energy (AYE), DryShips (DRYS), Goodyear (GT), Oshkosh (OSK), Anadarko (APC), Auto Data (ADP), Herbalife (HLF), MasterCard (MA), Mohawk (MHK), Open Text (OTEX), Otter Tail (OTTR), Rock Tenn (RKT), Pitney (PBI), Principal Fin (PFG), Viacom (VIA.B) Tuesday: Economic Truck / Auto, Factory Orders (-1.5%) Earnings Archer D (ADM), Emerson (EMR), FirstEnergy (FE), Graftech (GTI), Jacobs (JEC), Marvel (MVL), Rowan (RDC), RTI (RTI), Vornado (VNO), West Pharma (WST), Blue Nile (NILE), Kendle (KNDL), Ultra Petrol (UPL), Weight Watchers (WT... Continue reading »

Offshre Drillers initiated at Citigroup

Citigroup initiates seven offshore drilling services providers: Diamond Offshore (DO), Ensco (ESV), Hercules Offshore (HERO), Noble Corp (NE), Pride Intl (PDE), Rowan Cos (RDC), and Transocean (RIG). The firm rates DO, NE, and RIG Buys saying the stocks are trading at valuations below their peer group average despite having superior assets and earnings power tied to the deepwater market. The firm also initiates ESV, HERO, PDE, and RDC with Holds Continue reading »

Analyst calls: AMGN, BBY, KMB, DKS, RYAAY ...

Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Best Buy (BBY), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Amgen Inc (AMGN), Analyst initiations Analyst upgrades <> Rodman & Renshaw upgraded shares of Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) to Outperform from Market Perform following the positive top line results from the FREEDOM study. The firm established an $80 target. Jefferies upgraded shares to Buy from Hold following the positive top-line efficacy and safety results for Denosumab in PMO as they view it as a "big win." The firm raised their target to $71 from $47. <>Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Ban... Continue reading »

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