When Or Will The Oil Majors Cut Dividends?
Dale Roberts - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 6:17PM CST
XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), COP: 69.88 (+1.84), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), CVX: 112.78 (+1.92)
Kroger: A Recent Tale Of Dividend Hors D'oeuvres
Eli Inkrot - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 5:29PM CST
JNJ: 99.62 (+1.18), RDS.B: 69.26 (+0.86), KR: 72.86 (+0.41), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), PG: 85.90 (-0.13)
BP loses bid for $750M Transocean insurance in Gulf spill case
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 2:18PM CST
RIG: 19.05 (+0.42), BP: 41.93 (+0.59)
BP Stock Gains Today As Oil Tops $60 Per Barrel
at The Street - Fri Feb 13, 1:47PM CST
BP shares are rising as crude prices rose in trading today due to the U.S. oil rig count falling to its lowest level since 2011.
BP: 41.93 (+0.59)
Commodities Today: Oil Stocks Rising Again, Utilities Report Mixed Results
Matthew Smith - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 12:30PM CST
CPN: 21.48 (+0.09), GDP: 3.58 (+0.29), TRP: 45.94 (-0.81), EXC: 33.51 (-0.93), XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), LPI: 13.25 (+0.81), DTE: 81.56 (-2.43)
What To Hold: 3 Hold-Rated Dividend Stocks CMO, CVA, BP
at The Street - Fri Feb 13, 9:38AM CST
These 3 dividend stocks are rated a Hold by TheStreet
CVA: 21.45 (+0.64), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), CMO: 11.84 (+0.02)
BP Stock Gaining Today as Oil Prices Rise
at The Street - Thu Feb 12, 3:02PM CST
BP (BP) stock is higher in afternoon trading Thursday after oil prices, which have been volatile this week, rise once again.
BP: 41.93 (+0.59)
CTS Announces Appointment of Cabot Microelectronics CFO, William S. Johnson, to its Board of Directors
Business Wire - Thu Feb 12, 1:38PM CST
CTS Corporation (NYSE: CTS) today announced that William S. Johnson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cabot Microelectronics Corporation, has been appointed to its board of directors, effective February 11, 2015. Johnson has also been appointed to the company's Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee.
BP: 41.93 (+0.59), CCMP: 52.18 (-0.19), CTS: 16.85 (+0.02)
Exxon-for-BP deal speculated in WSJ article
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 1:14PM CST
XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), APC: 89.44 (+2.13)
Low Oil Prices Boost Yields For 9 Dividend Stocks
The Dividend Guy - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 9:32AM CST
Since June 2014, the price of a barrel of oil has taken a big hit. When such things happen, the stock market reacts quickly and penalizes companies in this industry. We saw what happened back in 2008 with banks; this time, it's the oil industry. But...
RDS.B: 69.26 (+0.86), BTE: 19.27 (+0.32), HP: 69.58 (+3.62), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), SUN: 50.34 (+0.22)
TOTAL Beats Q4 Earnings Estimates, Plans Cost Cuts for '15 - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 12, 8:45AM CST
TOTAL's (TOT) fourth quarter earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Meanwhile, the company is taking steps to cope with low commodity prices.
TOT: 54.14 (-0.36), XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), STO: 19.50 (+0.93)
Why Oil Sector Job Losses Are a Necessary Evil
Adam Galas, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Feb 12, 8:00AM CST
One of the biggest ramification of oil's recent collapse hasn't just been reduced oil sector profits, but large job cuts as well. WTI Crude Oil Spot Price data by YCharts . With 2015 capital budgets being slashed, by as much as 50% in...
TOT: 54.14 (-0.36), WFT: 12.17 (+0.55), HAL: 44.19 (+1.42), XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), COP: 69.88 (+1.84), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), SLB: 88.38 (+2.42), BHI: 64.31 (+1.93)
Understanding The Oil Market - An Industry Primer With Breakdown Of Recent Trends By Segment
Jung-Yung Jonathan Chang - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 7:54PM CST
KMI: 41.97 (+0.21), PBF: 30.18 (+0.27), SHI: 30.03 (-0.13), XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), COP: 69.88 (+1.84), CVE: 19.42 (-0.29), SU: 31.62 (+0.30), RDS.B: 69.26 (+0.86), RDS.A: 66.32 (+0.97), TOT: 54.14 (-0.36), IMO: 41.08 (+0.37), NTI: 21.72 (+0.02), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), CVX: 112.78 (+1.92), PTR: 111.79 (+0.37), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
9 Oil Refiners Are Beating the Odds; Here's What Could Sink Them
at The Street - Wed Feb 11, 3:19PM CST
Low oil prices haven't been a disaster for the entire petroleum industry; downstream companies have actually benefited. But labor unrest and a price rebound could cause these winners to stumble.
PSX: 76.62 (+1.51), OPY: 20.41 (+0.22), CVI: 41.52 (-0.02), WNR: 40.81 (+0.47), HFC: 41.79 (+1.31), VLO: 58.60 (+2.05), RDS.B: 69.26 (+0.86), LYB: 89.99 (+0.19), RDS.A: 66.32 (+0.97), TSO: 81.92 (+0.50), MPC: 103.48 (+2.08), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), NTI: 21.72 (+0.02), DK: 32.60 (+0.11)
FT: Shell, BP in standoff with Abu Dhabi over concessions as Exxon walks
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 11:43AM CST
RDS.B: 69.26 (+0.86), RDS.A: 66.32 (+0.97), TOT: 54.14 (-0.36), XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), BP: 41.93 (+0.59)
OPEC Can't Kill American Shale
Shareholders Unite - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 10:38AM CST
SD: 2.09 (+0.14), USO: 19.62 (+0.44), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), OLO: 7.58 (+0.02), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), COP: 69.88 (+1.84), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), UWTI: 3.71 (+0.23), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45), SZO: 60.00 (-4.31), DNO: 54.24 (-1.32), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), OLEM: 25.07 (+0.30), DWTI: 95.90 (-7.40), USL: 26.81 (+0.40)
2 Downstream Stocks Safe from United Steelworkers Strike - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Feb 11, 10:32AM CST
The United Steelworkers union is giving no signs of calling off their prolonged strike at the U.S. refineries.
LYB: 89.99 (+0.19), GLP: 38.13 (-0.44), RDS.A: 66.32 (+0.97), MPC: 103.48 (+2.08), TSO: 81.92 (+0.50), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), BHI: 64.31 (+1.93)
Stocks Rally as Optimism Over Greek Debt Agreement Builds
at The Street - Tue Feb 10, 3:13PM CST
With optimism peaking that Greece would clinch a debt resolution with its creditors before time ran out, one of Wall Street's worries was taken off the table, if only temporarily.
KO: 41.99 (-0.18), HAL: 44.19 (+1.42), HSBC: 46.13 (-0.01), XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), UBS: 17.19 (+0.21), HOT: 78.55 (+0.67), QCOM: 70.88 (+0.49), CVS: 102.63 (-0.37), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), CVX: 112.78 (+1.92), BHI: 64.31 (+1.93), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
Energy on Track to Post Worst Fourth-Quarter EPS Declines in S&P 500
at The Street - Tue Feb 10, 3:07PM CST
About half the energy companies in the S&P 500 have reported fourth-quarter results, and energy is on track to post the worst earnings and revenue declines of any sector.
XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), CVX: 112.78 (+1.92)
Bulgaria to tender two oil and gas exploration blocks
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 2:42PM CST
RDS.B: 69.26 (+0.86), RDS.A: 66.32 (+0.97), TOT: 54.14 (-0.36), BP: 41.93 (+0.59), STO: 19.50 (+0.93)