ENSCO International Inc. (ESV)

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The shares of ENSCO PLC (NYSE:ESV) currently has mean rating of 3.03 while 3 analysts have recommended the shares as “BUY”, 4 recommended as “OUTPERFORM” and 18 recommended as “HOLD”. The rating score is on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 stands for strong buy and 5 stands for sell.

The company’s mean estimate for sales for the current quarter ending Dec-15 is 869.59 million by 21 analysts. The means estimate of sales for the year ending Dec-15 is 4.01 billion by 27 analysts.

The mean price target for the shares of ENSCO PLC (NYSE:ESV) is at 18.89 while the highest price target suggested by the analysts is 60.00 and low price target is 9.00. The mean price target is calculated keeping in view the consensus of 31 brokerage firms.

The average estimate of EPS for the current fiscal quarter for ENSCO PLC (NYSE:ESV) stands at 0.74 while the EPS for the current year is fixed at 4.37 by 22.00 analysts.

The next one year’s EPS estimate is set at 2.27 by 36.00 analysts while a year ago the analysts suggested the company’s EPS at 4.37. The analysts also projected the company’s long-term growth at -37.14% for the upcoming five years.

In its latest quarter ended on 30th September 2015, ENSCO PLC (NYSE:ESV) reported earnings of $0.90. The posted earnings topped the analyst’s consensus by $0.16 with the surprise factor of 21.60%. In the matter of earnings surprises, the term “Cockroach Effect” is often implied. Cockroach Effect is a market theory that suggests that when a company reveals bad news to the public, there may be many more related negative events that have yet to be revealed. In the case of earnings surprises, if a company is suggesting a negative earnings surprise it means there are more to come.