5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: SeaDrill
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, offshore driller SeaDrill (NYS: SDRL) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at SeaDrill's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
SeaDrill facts
Headquarters (founded) | Hamilton, Bermuda (1972) |
Market Cap | $19.3 billion |
Industry | Oil and gas drilling |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $4.0 billion |
Management | Chairman/President John Fredriksen CEO Alf Thorkildsen |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 26.8% |
Cash/Debt | $465.0 million / $10.7 billion |
Dividend Yield | 8.3% |
Competitors | Ensco Noble Transocean |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 99% of the 903 of the members who have rated SeaDrill believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
A few months ago, one of those Fools, glenncv, succinctly summed up bull case for our community:
[SeaDrill] owns one of the newest and most advanced fleets in the world. Management continues to use their opportunistic investing style to generate millions of gains for shareholders, while they continue buy more rigs to build their fleet size. 2014 [SeaDrill] should have most of their new rigs online and they will be operating at full strength, which means their stock price should start heading north.
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