Seadrill Ltd (SDRL)

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Value Stock Alert Seadrill Limited (NYSE:SDRL)

January 19, 2016 10:36 am

Seadrill Limited (NYSE:SDRL) has been assigned a top value style score by Zacks Research. The score is arrived at after taking into account several aspects used to ascertain quality stocks that have a track record of delivering robust returns. Value investors are always on a lookout for stocks that trade at a lower price relative to their fundamental value such as earnings, sales and dividends. Value stocks are characterised by low price to book ratio and low price to earnings ratio. Trading opportunities arise for value investors when a stock’s market price does not match its real value.

Along with historic fundamentals, investors also take into account analysts recommendation to gauge the direction of a stock. The sell-side analysts currently have assigned 3 rating to Seadrill Limited (NYSE:SDRL). The rating represents the market consensus estimate of brokerage firms surveyed by Zacks Research. The firm’s rating system uses a scale of 1 to 5 to define each of the analyst’s rating, where 1 is equal to a Strong Buy, and 5 signifies a Strong Sell.

The brokerage firms covering the stock anticipate it to attain a price target of $8.9 over the next one year. The mean price estimate reflects the market outlook of 5 analysts, which have made projections for the stock. The most bearish price estimate is seen at $3, while the stock is expected to touch a price of $13 over the next one year.

The brokerage firms have projected an earnings of $0.24 for Seadrill Limited, which is slated to post its quarterly earnings on 2016-02-25. For the quarter ended 2015-09-30, the company reported EPS of 0.21. The reported number led to the surprise factor of -53.33% from the market estimates.

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