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Value Stock Focus: Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO)
August 7, 2015 1:36 pm·
Zacks Research has given Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO) a top value
style score. The score is derived from various criteria that identify
quality stocks with a long history of solid returns. Value investors seek
stocks that trade at a lower price relative to key fundamentals such as
sales, earnings and dividends. Value stocks often have a low price to book
and price to earnings ratio. When the market does not efficiently match an
equity’s performance to its price, that’s where value investors make their
moves.
In addition to historic fundamentals, investors often turn to Wall Street
analysts to help determine the direction of a stock. The brokerage firm
analysts covering Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO) have given a rating
of 4. The rating is determined on a consensus basis from analysts tracked by
Zacks Research. The rating system simplifies analyst ratings into a 1-5
format where 1 is equivalent to a Strong Buy and 5 represents a Strong Sell.
The sell-side analysts who offer price objective projections have a one year
target of $1.437. This is the consensus average from the 4 firms publishing
reports. The most conservative analyst sees the stock heading towards $0.25
, while the most bullish sees the stock reaching $4 within the year.
In terms of earnings, Hercules Offshore, Inc. is expected to announce
earnings of $-0.42 when the company next releases their earnings report on
2015-10-22. The firm last reported earnings per share of $-0.37 for the
quarter ending on 2015-06-30. The actual reported number was 19.57% away
from what analysts had expected.
Hercules Offshore, Inc. (Hercules Offshore) provides shallow-water drilling
and marine services to the oil and natural gas exploration and production
industry globally. It provides these services to national oil and gas
companies, integrated energy companies and independent oil and natural gas
operators. As of February 23, 2012, it owned a fleet of 42 jackup rigs, 17
barge rigs, two submersible rigs, one platform rig, 58 liftboat vessels and
operate an additional five liftboat vessels owned by a third party. The
Company operates in five segments: Domestic Offshore, International Offshore
, Inland , Domestic Liftboats and International Liftboats. On April 27, 2011
, it acquired 20 jackup rigs from Seahawk Drilling, Inc. and certain of its
subsidiaries (Seahawk). In May 2011, it completed the sale of all of Delta
Towing’s assets and certain liabilities. In March 2012, the Company
acquired the offshore drilling rig Ocean Columbia from a subsidiary of
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
http://theenterpriseleader.com/stock-watch/value-stock-focus-he
August 7, 2015 1:36 pm·
Zacks Research has given Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO) a top value
style score. The score is derived from various criteria that identify
quality stocks with a long history of solid returns. Value investors seek
stocks that trade at a lower price relative to key fundamentals such as
sales, earnings and dividends. Value stocks often have a low price to book
and price to earnings ratio. When the market does not efficiently match an
equity’s performance to its price, that’s where value investors make their
moves.
In addition to historic fundamentals, investors often turn to Wall Street
analysts to help determine the direction of a stock. The brokerage firm
analysts covering Hercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HERO) have given a rating
of 4. The rating is determined on a consensus basis from analysts tracked by
Zacks Research. The rating system simplifies analyst ratings into a 1-5
format where 1 is equivalent to a Strong Buy and 5 represents a Strong Sell.
The sell-side analysts who offer price objective projections have a one year
target of $1.437. This is the consensus average from the 4 firms publishing
reports. The most conservative analyst sees the stock heading towards $0.25
, while the most bullish sees the stock reaching $4 within the year.
In terms of earnings, Hercules Offshore, Inc. is expected to announce
earnings of $-0.42 when the company next releases their earnings report on
2015-10-22. The firm last reported earnings per share of $-0.37 for the
quarter ending on 2015-06-30. The actual reported number was 19.57% away
from what analysts had expected.
Hercules Offshore, Inc. (Hercules Offshore) provides shallow-water drilling
and marine services to the oil and natural gas exploration and production
industry globally. It provides these services to national oil and gas
companies, integrated energy companies and independent oil and natural gas
operators. As of February 23, 2012, it owned a fleet of 42 jackup rigs, 17
barge rigs, two submersible rigs, one platform rig, 58 liftboat vessels and
operate an additional five liftboat vessels owned by a third party. The
Company operates in five segments: Domestic Offshore, International Offshore
, Inland , Domestic Liftboats and International Liftboats. On April 27, 2011
, it acquired 20 jackup rigs from Seahawk Drilling, Inc. and certain of its
subsidiaries (Seahawk). In May 2011, it completed the sale of all of Delta
Towing’s assets and certain liabilities. In March 2012, the Company
acquired the offshore drilling rig Ocean Columbia from a subsidiary of
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
http://theenterpriseleader.com/stock-watch/value-stock-focus-he
