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Benzinga's Insider Buys Of The Week: Cabot, CBOE, Salesforce And More
Sunday, June 3, 2018 - 7:45pm | 867Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors. A couple of chief executive officers made notable purchases of their stock this week. Also, one insider bucked the trend in a hot software stock. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10 percent owners really only buy...
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Big Oil In The Earnings Spotlight
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 9:00am | 724Three petroleum giants are on deck to share their latest earnings results this week. Consensus forecasts indicate that analysts' expectations for all three are low. Net losses are predicted for many others in the oil patch as well. Among the many earnings reports due this week, highlights will...
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Cabot Oil & Gas Reports 38 Million Share Offering, Stock Loses 5%
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 8:52am | 135Shares of Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE: COG) were trading lower by more than 5 percent early Tuesday morning after the company announced a public offering of its common stock. Cabot Oil & Gas reported after Monday's market close that it has priced an upsized public offering of 44...
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5 Oil Stocks To Watch Before Labor Day Weekend
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - 8:53am | 922Judging by the consensus price targets, or where analysts expect share prices to go, U.S. oil companies in various categories with the largest upside potential include supermajor Chevron (NYSE: CVX), independent Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG), refiner Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC), services...
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Market Wrap For February 21: Markets End The Week On A Negative Note
Friday, February 21, 2014 - 5:48pm | 2876U.S. stocks finished the week slightly lower as investors gave today's poor housing data a slack, and blame it on the weather. “Investors are willing to cut the market some slack because of the weather; I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the economy heats up as the weather warms up,” Jack...
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Market Wrap For December 18: Markets Flat During Day One Post Fed Taper
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 5:47pm | 2272Major indices barely budged Thursday following yesterday's monster rally after the Fed announced it will begin tapering. Overall volume was below average which is typical in the final trading days of the year. Next week will be shortened as investors break for Christmas and a week later for new...
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CONSOL Energy and Other Energy Stocks Worth a Look Now
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 12:43pm | 918In the wake of the first-quarter earnings season, analysts at Sterne Agee have issued a research report on the energy and industrials sectors. Their energy stock recommendations include CONSOL Energy (NYSE: CNX), Superior Energy Services (NYSE: SPN) and Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL). Below is a...
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Six Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 7:49am | 1020Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...
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Twelve Oil & Gas Plays Worth a Look Now
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 6:59am | 940Despite controversy over the process known as fracking, and despite pullbacks resulting from the recent market volatility, shares of the following seven oil and gas companies are trading more than twice where they were a year ago. These are all dividend payers as well. Apco Oil & Gas (NASDAQ:...
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Oppenheimer Maintains Perform on Cabot Oil & Gas
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 8:19am | 146Oppenheimer is out with its report today on Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG), maintaining Perform. In a note to clients, Oppenheimer writes, "COG is the best performing E&P stock this year, gaining 60%, compared with a gain of 5% for the group and less than 1% for the S&P 500. The surge in...
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UPDATE: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Raises PO on Cabot Oil & Gas to $105
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 8:35am | 133Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG), raising its PO to $105. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "Consistently strong well results in NE Marcellus, substantial deliverability in the wings (eg ~550 frac stages) and...
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Pritchard Capital Provides Color on Exploration & Production Sector
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 7:06am | 214Pritchard Capital provided color on exploration and production sector. In a research report published today, Pritchard commented on Cabot Oil & Gas' (NYSE: COG) announcement of two new wells in northeast Pennsylvania. The report states, "This past week Cabot Oil & Gas (COG-$58.12)...
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Today's Morgan Stanley Discontinuations
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 8:58am | 232Morgan Stanley has discontinued coverage on the following companies: Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD) Plains Exploration & Production (NYSE: PXP) Noble Energy (NYSE: NBL) Bill Barrett Corporation (NYSE: BBG) Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) Cimarex Energy (NYSE: XEC) Ultra Petroleum (...
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Stifel Nicolaus Downgrades COG From Buy To Hold
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 9:50am | 36Stifel Nicolaus is downgrading Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE: COG) from Buy to Hold and removing it from its Stifel Select List. Cabot Oil & Gas currently trades at $51.66.
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Jefferies Raises PT On Cabot Oil & Gas To $53
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 8:37am | 28Jefferies & Company has raised the price target on Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG) from $42 to $53 and maintains its Buy rating.