Replies to post #17 on Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (DO)

[ScovilleUnits]

Q2 EPS $1.61 vs $2.79 Misses $1.75 Est

Thursday , July 22, 2010 10:41ET

QUARTER RESULTS
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (DO) reported Q2 results ended June 2010. Q2 Revenues were $822.60M; -13.08% vs yr-ago; MISSING revenue consensus by -5.02%. Q2 EPS was $1.61; -42.29% vs yr-ago; MISSING earnings consensus by -8.00%.

Q2 RESULTS      Reported      Year-Ago     Y/Y Chg      Estimate    SURPRISE 
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 Revenues:       $822.60M      $946.41M     -13.08%      $866.07M      -5.02% 
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 EPS:               $1.61         $2.79     -42.29%         $1.75      -8.00% 
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ORIGINAL EARNINGS RELEASE: http://www.knobias.com/story.htm?eid=3.1.2ab7b43a2f4e5202226a448f7b31259ea6ff3909216c71f216a274cd291a79b3
Consensus estimate data provided by Reuters.
Visit Knobias.com for more indepth earnings information.

[10nisman]

<< DO declares Cash Dividend of $0.75 Per Share?

What? .... $.75/year divy / 4qtrs = $.1875/Qtr.

PR's flawed and/or? Whatever....???....>>>

What are you talking about? DO has announced Special Quarterly Cash Dividends in addition to its normal dividend for a couple of years now. They are paying a Special Quarterly Dividend of 75 cents in addition to a normal 12.5 cent dividend, thus this quarter a DO shareholder is going to receive an 87.5 cent dividend.

10nis