Finance / HP (HELMERICH & PAYNE INC.) Recommendation

U.S. Rig Count Hits 8-Month High By Zacks Equity Research On 8:25 am EST, Monday November 23, 2009 According to data from Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI - News ), the number of rigs searching for oil and gas in the U.S. rose for the week ended Nov. 20, reflecting ramped-up drilling activity by the producers amid recent optimism about economic recovery....

Premarket roundup: Goldman Sachs, Starbucks Premarket roundup: Fixed-income slowdown at Goldman won't hurt profit, Starbucks upgraded By The Associated Press On 9:44 am EST, Monday November 23, 2009 Buzz up! 0 Print.Companies:Eclipsys CorporationGoldman Sachs Group Inc.Helmerich Payne Inc. Despite a likely end-of-year slowdown in fixed-income trading, Goldman Sachs will top Wall Street ...

Oil Driller Comes Up Dry; Sector Slips http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10629210/1/o il-driller-comes-up-dry-sector-slips.html?cm_ven=Y AHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA By Eric Rosenbaum 11/19/09 - 04:29 PM EST Stock quotes in this article: HP , HERO , WG , PDC , ESA , WEL TULSA, Okla. (TheStreet) -- Helmerich & Payne(HP Quote) reported expectedly weak earnings on a day ...

Helmerich & Payne (HP): FQ4 EPS of $0.47 beats by $0.03. Revenue of $362M (-6.6%) vs. $369M. "We are encouraged by signs of improvement in the U.S. land rig market."

Hi GREENLAW4-7, Atwood is an offshore drilling contractor with a solid reputation and a limited rig fleet. Helmerich & Payne (HP) owns a sizeable percentage of them, although I have forgotten the actual number. Like H&P, Atwood does not like going into debt, and this does 2 things - when things are booming they do not engage on new build programs, although like H&P they will build if ...

Earnings of Note Pre market 11/18/2009 GME Gamestop Corp. Est .30 BRC Brady Corporation Est .41 DKS Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Est .09 HP Helmerich & Payne, Inc. Est .43 PDCO Patterson Dental Est .41 SHLD Sears Holdings Corp Est -1.09 SMRT Stein Mart, Inc. Est -.07 STP Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. Est .07 BKE The Buckle Est .70 CATO The Cato Corporation Est .09 TDG TransDigm Group ...

When the clouds lifted, Precision Drilling stood out Rick Morrison,Financial Post Published: Sunday, November 08, 2009 Story tools presented by Ed Kaiser/Canwest News Service Precisionhad a solid third quarter, notes Jeff Fetterly, an analyst at CIBCWorld Markets in Calgary. He rates Precision a “sector outperformer”with a 12-18 month price target of $9.50. I ...

•• Earnings Calendar for the Week Ahead •• B = Before-Market Hours D = During-Market Hours A = After-Market Hours REPORTS TO BE ANNOUNCED FOR WEEK OF NOV 16 - NOV 21 Company Symbol Date Time Estimate YrAgo Ada Es Inc ADES 11/16 B -0.23 -0.03 American Dairy Inc ADY 11/16 B 0.31 -1.17 Avatech Solutions Inc AVSO ...