|
PureBytes Links
Trading Reference Links
|
The daily OBTR on RDC has turned negative. The weekly is still OK. Can't argue
too much against your pick but anyone considering this should realize the group
is in a parabolic uptrend. Fidelity Select Funds Energy Service Fund has gone
up about 6 fold since 1995 and everyone is loaded with these stocks. This is
not low risk investing. I'm wondering if the more conservative investor
shouldn't consider the producers now rather that the drillers. The PE on the
producers is probably half that of the drillers. After all, if the producers
don't make money they aren't going to spend a lot of money with the drillers. I
just hate to be buying what the funds are loaded with.
Bob Doeden
============================================================
Jim Greening wrote:
> looking for strong industry groups, I finally decided on the oil drilling
> group which has done good for quite a while and shows no sign of slowing
> down. I then looked at some analyst stories and liked what I saw about
> Rowan Companies (RDC). While RDC is in both offshore and land drilling as
> well as heavy equipment manufacturing and transportation, the real story is
> deep water drilling. The rates for deep water drilling are exploding and
> RDC has most of the new capacity coming on line in the next few years.
> Their earnings are already turning up with last quarters earnings being over
> 50% of the previous quarters and over double the quarterly earnings a year
> ago. With a lock on deep water drilling, the earnings should accelerate
> even more from here. RDC at 39.312 is slightly below mid channel of an
> Intermediate Term Up Trend Channel (ITUTC) with the top at 45 and the bottom
> at 35 1/2. There was a MetaStock RSquared, S/C,MFI system test buy signal
> in late May and the stock has been moving up strongly ever since with only
> one sideways move to the bottom of the channel in July and August followed
> by another strong up move in September and August. In October, RDC did move
> down and sideways to its current mid channel position. RSquared and S/C
> indicate a strong trend in progress, but the money flow did drop in August
> and September and has leveled off in October. The fundamentals are
> excellent except for PSR which is at 5.06 and higher than I would like.
> However, this is offset by the potential for large earnings gains. The
> Debt/Equity is 0.48, there is over 30% insider ownership, and revenues have
> been growing at over 20% per year. In a perfect world, I'd like further
> movement towards the bottom of the channel before entering. However, I'll
> also enter if it breaks out and the market looks like it is resuming its
> upward move. I'll keep the email list posted.
> I'll send a RDC.GIF chart to everyone on the email list. If you aren't
> on the list and want on, just yell. The only obligation is participation in
> this email forum.
>
> Jim
|