On March 5, I suggested it would be a great idea for investors to buy shares of�Darling International (NYSE: DAR ) before the company commissioned its Diamond Green Diesel joint venture with oil giant�Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO ) .
After all, as CEO Randall Stuewe pointed out at the time, had the two-years-in-the-making DGD plant been up and running that quarter, it would have generated net income of more than $41 million for both Valero and Darling. While that may seem like a drop in the bucket for Valero, which earned $2.1 billion last year, it would have boosted Darling's fourth-quarter net income by nearly a third.
In addition, the stock had fallen after the rendering specialist missed analysts' estimates with its fourth-quarter earnings report. However, those results were actually fairly solid, considering earnings per share fell just 2.4% year-over-year despite a 12% plunge in fat prices.�
As it stands, shares of Darling have risen almost 15% since then, outperforming the S&P 500's return over the same period by more than 8%:
Top 10 Penny Stocks To Own Right Now: Halliburton Company(HAL)
Halliburton Company provides various products and services to the energy industry for the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas worldwide. It operates in two segments, Completion and Production, and Drilling and Evaluation. The Completion and Production segment offers production enhancement services, completion tools and services, cementing services, and Boots & Coots. Its production enhancement services include stimulation and sand control services; completion tools and services comprise subsurface safety valves and flow control equipment, surface safety systems, packers and specialty completion equipment, intelligent completion systems, expandable liner hanger systems, sand control systems, well servicing tools, and reservoir performance services; cementing services consist of bonding the well and well casing, while isolating fluid zones and maximizing wellbore stability, and casing equipment; and Boots & Coots include well intervention services , pressure control, equipment rental tools and services, and pipeline and process services. The Drilling and Evaluation segment provides field and reservoir modeling, drilling, evaluation, and wellbore placement solutions that enable customers to model, measure, and optimize their well construction activities. Its services comprise fluid services, drilling services, drill bits, wireline and perforating services, testing and subsea services, software and asset solutions, and integrated project management and consulting services. The company serves independent, integrated, and national oil companies. Halliburton Company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By WALLSTCHEATSHEET]
Halliburton is a bellwether in the energy space that provides essential oil and gas products and services worldwide. A recent earnings beat has investors in the company wanting more. The stock has seen a steady rise over the last several months. Over the last four quarters, investors have had mixed feelings about earnings reports as earnings have been decreasing while revenue figures have been increasing. Relative to its peers and sector, Halliburton has been a year-to-date performance leader. Look for Halliburton to continue to OUTPERFORM.
- [By Sara Murphy]
The industry has noticed the benefits of recycling and has seen the rising legislative tide, and is beginning to adopt frac water recycling more broadly. Oil-field services companies Halliburton (NYSE: HAL ) and Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI ) are truly pushing ahead with this strategy, and have reaped early success. Halliburton has introduced its H2O Forward suite of CleanWave and CleanStream technologies in both the Permian and Bakken regions, with reported savings in the range of $500,000-$700,000. To compete with this, Baker Hughes has designed its H2prO offering, which has been tested in the Permian Basin.
- [By Johanna Bennett]
Oilfield-services company Halliburton (HAL) is in talks to buy smaller rival Baker Hughes (BHI). Today�� stock price action suggests that Wall Street is fine with deal. Both stocks are higher, though the gains have calmed considerably compared to the moves made late Thursday (when news of the talks broke). Today, Halliburton rose 1.8% and Baker Hughes only 1.15%.
Still, analysts weighed in today on a bevy of questions surrounding the deal, including price, antitrust issues, cost savings and even the impct on rival companies. Here�� a rundown of what analysts have to say:
Deutsche Bank analyst Mike Urban: Although the combined company would still be smaller than SLB, it would hold dominant market positions in several sub-sectors and would combine top 3 global players in markets representing roughly 75% of BHI�� revenue. This concentration would is likely to draw significant anti-trust scrutiny not only in the US but in several international jurisdictions where there are fewer viable competitors. The challenges of integrating such a large deal and two strong cultures should also not be under-estimated.
Sterne Agee Analyst Stephen D. Gengaro: While the financial impact of the deal clearly depends on the terms (price and mix of shares/cash), we estimate that HAL could pay $70-75 per share and the transaction would be accretive to 2016 cash flow. This is based on our current models and assumes $750 million in cost savings and a deal that includes $5 billion in cash and the remainder in stock. It is worth noting that beyond the cost savings, we would envision both revenue synergies and likely improved efficiencies.
FBR Capital markets analyst Thomas Curran: It would likely face a rigorous, but hardly insurmountable, regulatory steeplechase. Across the sector�� 32 global product/service markets, we believe the entity would not control more than 50% of any one, and have its largest shares��1% for bits, 45% for LWD, 48% for completion
- [By Paul Ausick]
Oilfield services firms have been allowed to work in Mexico, and Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) is especially well-positioned to step up its business in Mexico. Last summer the company agreed to provide production services at a price of one cent per barrel in a new field believed to hold 341 million barrels of oil equivalent. Halliburton has worked in Mexico for years, and the company’s patient spade work is likely to lead to more contracts now.
5 Best Energy Stocks To Buy For 2015: HyperSolar Inc (HYSR)
Hypersolar, Inc., incorporated on February 18, 2009, is developing renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, including seawater and wastewater. Unlike hydrocarbon fuels, such as oil, coal and natural gas, where carbon dioxide and other contaminants are released into the atmosphere when used, hydrogen fuel usage produces pure water as the only byproduct. The Company�� technology includes HyperSolar H2Generator. Its nano-size particle is designed to mimic photosynthesis and contains a solar absorber that generates electrons from sunlight, as well as integrated cathode and anode areas to readily split water and transfer those electrons to the molecular bonds of hydrogen.
The HyperSolar H2Generator consists of the following primary stages: Reactor Vessels, Hydrogen Compressor and Hydrogen Storage. The reactor vessels resemble transparent rectangular boxes containing water and billions of nanoparticles suspended in solution. When exposed to sunlight, hydrogen gas will bubble up into an air gap on top for separation and collection. Produced hydrogen gas will be compressed for space efficient storage. Hydrogen can be stored in compressed gas tanks or chemical canisters depending on the application. The HyperSolar H2Generator will be a self-contained renewable hydrogen production system that requires only sunlight and any source of water.
The Company competes with Air Products and Chemicals Inc. and Air Liquide.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By John Udovich]
Small cap hydrogen fuel stocks Hydrogenics Corporation (NASDAQ: HYGS), FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ: FCEL), HyperSolar Inc (OTCMKTS: HYSR) and HydroPhi Technologies Group, Inc (OTCMKTS: HPTG) are some of the lesser known small caps that are�working with hydrogen fuel or hydrogen fuel cell related technology. I should say that small cap hydrogen stocks are not for risk adverse investors as there are considerable unanswered questions about hydrogen fuel related technology and whether it can be a viable green technology given the fueling infrastructure needed along with the�energy and expense involved in creating hydrogen�(Note: None of these small cap�stocks are profitable at ). But any new technology will pose the same types of risks for early stage investors���especially if its so-called green technology.�
5 Best Energy Stocks To Buy For 2015: S&P 500/Barra Value(SU)
Suncor Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company. The company involves in the development of petroleum resource basins in Canada's Athabasca oil sands; acquisition, exploration, development, production, and marketing of crude oil and natural gas in Canada and internationally; transportation and refining of crude oil; and marketing of petroleum and petrochemical products primarily in Canada. Its Oil Sands segment produces bitumen recovered from oil sands through mining and in-situ technology, and upgrades it into refinery feedstock, diesel fuel, and by-products. This segment?s products include gasoline and distillates. The company?s Natural Gas segment acquires, explores, develops, and produces natural gas, natural gas liquids, oil, and by-products from reserves located primarily in western Canada, the Northwest Territories, Alaska, and the Arctic Islands. Its International and Offshore segment engages in the exploration and pro duction of oil and gas in offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, in the North Sea, and in Libya and Syria. The company?s Refining and Marketing segment refines crude oil at Suncor's refineries in Edmonton, Alberta; Montreal, Quebec; and Sarnia, Ontario in Canada, as well as in Commerce City, Colorado into a range of petroleum and petrochemical products for sale to retail, commercial, and industrial customers. It also transports crude oil through pipelines in eastern and western Canada, as well as through wholly-owned pipelines in Wyoming and Colorado; and produces specialty lubricants and waxes. In addition, this segment operates retail sites in Canada under the Petro-Canada brand; and in Colorado under Phillips 66 and Shell brands. Suncor Energy Inc. also engages in third-party energy trading activities. The company was formerly known as Suncor Inc. and changed its name to Suncor Energy Inc. in April 1997. Suncor Energy Inc. was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Calgary , Canada.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By John Udovich]
Many American oil and gas investors are probably familiar with the major large and small cap players in the Bakken formation in North Dakota and Montana, but few American investors are probably familiar with�the active players further to the north in the�oil and gas rich Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta�with small cap stocks like Alexander Energy Ltd (CVE: ALX), Renegade Petroleum Ltd (CVE: RPL) and Centor Energy Inc (OTCBB: CNTO) along with large cap Suncor Energy Inc (NYSE: SU) being among those�pumping out their share of noteworthy news lately. I should point out that�Canada�� oil reserves are ranked #3 after to Venezuela and Saudi Arabia with over 95% of these reserves being the controversial�oil sands of Alberta while the neighboring province of Saskatchewan (which the Bakken formation actually stretches into) along with offshore areas of Newfoundland also containing substantial production and reserves. Moreover and excluding the oil sands, Alberta would have 39% of Canada�� remaining conventional oil reserves,�followed by�offshore Newfoundland with�28% and Saskatchewan with 27%.
- [By Jon C. Ogg]
This is the week that we will get to see 13-D and 13-F filings from investment firms, and one notable one is always that of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). Investors love Warren Buffett and they often copy his moves. It is presumed that General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) and DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) will be larger holdings. There might even be more International Business machine Corp. (NYSE: IBM) and Suncor�Energy Inc. (NYSE: SU) as well.� Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) seems a shoe-in to be a larger equity stake yet again.
5 Best Energy Stocks To Buy For 2015: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is an India-based company. The Company is mainly engaged in the oil exploration and production activities. The Company operates in two segments: Offshore and Onshore. Its subsidiaries include ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL), Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd., ONGC Nile Ganga BV, ONGC Narmada Limited, ONGC Amazon Alaknanda Limited, ONGC Campos Ltda, ONGC Nile Ganga (Cyprus) Ltd. and ONGC Nile Ganga (San Cristobal) B.V. Advisors' Opinion:- [By Jonathan Burgos]
India�� biggest energy companies rose after the government agreed to raise the price of natural gas. Reliance Industries Ltd., operator of the world�� biggest oil refining complex, climbed 3.1 percent to 855.2 rupees in Mumbai. Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) added 1.7 percent to 325.70 rupees.
- [By Lyubov Pronina]
Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) and Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC), India�� biggest energy explorers, led Indian stocks higher as the nation�� cabinet agreed to lift the price of natural gas. The rupee posted the biggest quarterly drop since 2011.
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