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$AR #Registers #TwentyFold #Volume
http://www.bottarelliresearch.com/free/2017/12/06/ar-registers-twentyfold-volume Antero Resources (AR – NYSE) by Bottarelli Research Wed, Dec 06, 17
Detecting the most unusual trade wasn’t difficult today. Have you ever heard of Antero Resources AR – NYSE? Neither had we, not until someone bought 5,000 AR February 20 calls for $0.55 each.
http://images.bottarelliresearch.com/free/20171206-ar-registers-twentyfold-volume/ARdec6.png
Costing $275,000, AR needs to increase 12.6% to the break-even price of $20.55 for this trade to pay off by expiration. Only 265 call options are traded in AR each day on average, so this single order accounts for nearly twenty times the typical volume.
As seen on the chart, AR has been in a prolonged downtrend, perhaps carving out a base near $18. If this support holds, watch for a run to $21.
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$AR – Antero Resources http://www.anteroresources.com/
UPDATE: Analysts expect these energy stocks to rise the most in 2018 as oil rebounds
8:00 am ET December 7, 2017 (MarketWatch)
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By Philip van Doorn, MarketWatch
Wall Street sees gains of 35% to 137% for 15 companies
Oil has failed to stage a sustained rally so many times, you couldn’t blame an investor from avoiding the industry altogether.
But this time might be different.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil rose 21% to $57.62 a barrel as of Dec. 5 from Aug. 21. On Dec. 4, Goldman Sachs increased its 2018 price forecast (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-why-goldman-just-lifted-its-oil-price-forecast-for-2018-2017-12-05) for WTI to $62 from $55.
A year ago, many energy-industry analysts and market gurus expected 2017 to be a year of massive gains for energy stocks amid an oil recovery. It didn’t turn out that way, as the price stalled in March and then again in May and June:
The four-year chart gives a broad perspective:
This chart shows oil price changes and the total return for the S&P 1500 energy sector over the past 12 months:
On Aug. 22, Phil Flynn, a senior market analyst at Price Futures Group, said in his daily energy report that “the market should be expecting a big drop in crude-oil supply” because of OPEC’s production cuts and “signs that U.S. oil output from shale may be peaking.”
A report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday showed a surprising increase in gasoline prices, along with an expected decline in U.S. oil supplies (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-falls-on-rising-us-gas-supplies-2017-12-06-71032943). After expressing doubt that U.S. gasoline supplies jumped during the Thanksgiving holiday break, Flynn said on Wednesday that “it is very disturbing that week after week we have to continue to question the accuracy of these weekly figures.”
So we may once again be in for some volatility, and can expect the EIA to release revised figures.
How the biggest U.S. players have fared
Before showing you which energy stocks are most favored by analysts for 2018, here’s how shares of the 10 largest energy companies, ranked by market capitalization, have performed this year:
Company Ticker Market capitalization ($mil) Total return – 2017 through Dec. 5
Exxon Mobil Corp. US:XOM $351,214 -5%
Chevron Corp. US:CVX $228,666 6%
Schlumberger N.V. US:SLB $87,895 -22%
ConocoPhillips US:COP $61,246 4%
EOG Resources Inc. US:EOG $58,342 0%
Occidental Petroleum Corp. US:OXY $53,567 2%
Phillips 66 US:PSX $50,266 18%
Kinder Morgan Inc. Class P US:KMI $38,278 -15%
Halliburton Co. US:HAL $38,069 -18%
Valero Energy Corp. US:VLO $37,536 31%
Source: FactSet
Here’s how analysts view these big names:
Company Ticker Share ‘buy’ ratings Share neutral ratings Share ‘sell’ ratings Closing price – Dec. 5 Consensus price target implied 12-month upside potential
Exxon Mobil Corp. US:XOM 29% 46% 25% $82.89 $83.96 1%
Chevron Corp. US:CVX 64% 32% 4% $120.39 $124.33 3%
Schlumberger N.V. US:SLB 69% 31% 0% $63.45 $74.38 17%
ConocoPhillips US:COP 70% 30% 0% $51.23 $56.35 10%
EOG Resources Inc. US:EOG 58% 42% 0% $100.90 $109.97 9%
Occidental Petroleum Corp. US:OXY 31% 61% 8% $70.00 $67.65 -3%
Phillips 66 US:PSX 38% 52% 10% $98.27 $96.67 -2%
Kinder Morgan Inc. Class P US:KMI 57% 43% 0% $17.14 $23.11 35%
Halliburton Co. US:HAL 84% 13% 3% $43.63 $52.19 20%
Valero Energy Corp. US:VLO 42% 58% 0% $85.78 $84.25 -2%
Source: FactSet
Six of the 10 have majority “buy” or equivalent ratings among sell-side analysts polled by FactSet.
Analysts’ favorite energy stocks
To put together a list of the 10 energy stocks most favored by analysts for 2018, we began with the energy sector of the S&P 1500 Composite Index, which is made up of the large-cap S&P 500 , the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index and the S&P Small-Cap 600 index . That’s 85 companies, to which we added all 87 U.S. and Canadian energy master limited partnerships (MLPs), which are not included in the S&P indices.
Of the combined 172 companies, 74 have majority “buy” ratings and are covered by at least five analysts.
Here are the 15 for which analysts see the most upside potential over the next 12 months:
Company Ticker Share ‘buy’ ratings Share neutral ratings Share ‘sell’ ratings Closing price – Dec. 5 Consensus price target implied 12-month upside potential
Contango Oil & Gas Co. US:MCF 62% 38% 0% $2.62 $6.21 137%
Range Resources Corp. US:RRC 68% 29% 3% $17.28 $28.59 65%
Green Plains Inc. US:GPRE 100% 0% 0% $16.50 $26.11 58%
Sanchez Midstream Partners LP US:SNMP 80% 20% 0% $10.40 $15.88 53%
Gulfport Energy Corp. US:GPOR 63% 33% 4% $12.65 $19.21 52%
Energy Transfer Partners LP US:ETP 71% 29% 0% $16.62 $24.70 49%
Consol Coal Resources LP US:CCR 67% 33% 0% $13.70 $19.67 44%
Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. US:HLX 75% 25% 0% $6.65 $9.41 41%
QEP Resources Inc. US:QEP 64% 36% 0% $9.56 $13.48 41%
PDC Energy Inc. US:PDCE 72% 28% 0% $43.04 $60.13 40%
Nabors Industries Ltd. US:NBR 66% 34% 0% $6.22 $8.61 38%
Callon Petroleum Co. US:CPE 92% 8% 0% $11.37 $15.69 38%
Carrizo Oil & Gas Co. US:CRZO 68% 28% 4% $19.66 $27.02 37%
Antero Midstream Partners LP US:AM 100% 0% 0% $28.49 $39.00 37%
SRC Energy Inc. US:SRC 85% 15% 0% $8.74 $11.79 35%
Source: FactSet
You can click on the tickers for more information about each company, including news, charts, price ratios, financials and filings.
If you believe oil prices will continue to recover and are interested in picking individual stocks and see any interesting names here, your next step should be to do your own research so that you can carefully consider each company’s long-term prospects, hopefully with the assistance of your investment adviser.
-Philip van Doorn; 415-439-6400; AskNewswires@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 07, 2017 08:00 ET (13:00 GMT)
Copyright (c) 2017 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
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#OIL $KMI, $ETE, $WGP etc… Credit Suisse reinstates ratings on energy firms: https://seekingalpha.com/news/3321327-credit-suisse-reinstates-ratings-energy-firms?
Jan. 4, 2018 7:18 PM ET|By: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor
Credit Suisse is out with reinstated ratings on the energy sector, where it sees heavy upside for Energy Transfer Equity, Kinder Morgan and Western Gas EP, and gets bearish on firms including Buckeye Partners and Tallgrass Energy GP.
At Outperform in the reinstated ratings:… $BEST2ALL!
Saudi Arabia converts Aramco into joint-stock company ahead of historic IPO
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-aramco/saudi-arabia-converts-aramco-into-joint-stock-company-ahead-of-historic-ipo-idUSKBN1EU09O?