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Parker Drilling: A Small Cap Oil Services Play
By Aaron Murdoch:
Parker Drilling (PKD) reported strong Q1 results May 2nd, earning 22 cents per share, and could be ready to create returns for investors.
Business Overview
The 3 key business lines for Parker Drilling are Gulf of Mexico barge drilling, international drilling, and its US tool rental business (Quail Tools). International drilling is the largest part of the business making up about 43% of 2011 revenue for the company. The international business is split into the Latin American and Eastern Hemisphere regions with strength coming from Latin America. This is followed by the tool rental business, at 34.5% of revenue last year. Barge drilling is 13.7% of revenue, with the rest being made up of small technical services and construction businesses.
Growth
The two areas I see for growth are continued improvement in utilization and day rates in the Gulf, and improvement in utilization in the Eastern Hemisphere. Utilization in the
Make a (small) change with A Lot To Say
Whether it’s supporting the environment, or standing up to cancer, the name says it all. A Lot To Say is a clothing and accessories company that truly stands behind the messages incorporated into all of its products. HellaWella chatted with Jennifer Stanich Banmiller, co-founder of A Lot To Say, to learn more about this innovative company.
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Small Biz Confused Just Like MarketChampions of the small investor
Vanguard founder Jack Bogle and his diehard online investment community, the Bogleheads, were chosen as MONEY Heroes for their steadfast commitment to spreading investment advice that preaches simple, low-cost, diversified investing.
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These Small Stocks Could Provide BIG Gains Very Soon
Investors focused on larger companies saw their ups and downs in 2011. Rather than focus on the usual suspects, perhaps they should have been focused on antimony. It's an obscure — and toxic — element that has some appealing industrial applications such as flame retardants and in solder and ball bearings. Antimony helped micro-cap U.S. Antimony Corp. (Nasdaq: UAMY) boost prospects, and the stock more than quadrupled in value in 2011.
The question for investors: Can this hot stock along with its other high-flying peers post new highs in 2012? Let's take a closer look at a group of micro-cap stocks that rose by at least 100% last year.
U.S. Antimony's gains present a typical challenge facing micro-cap investors. The company is so small, it's hard to grasp where the business may be headed and what it's worth. We know sales are rising at a 50% clip and may have exceeded $ 13 million in 2011. We also know a recent capital raise should help mining output climb even higher, perhaps toward $ 20 million this year (an educated guess, to be sure).
Still, with close to 60 million shares outstanding, the company's current market value is likely around eight times that possible 2012 sales rate. This is the kind of stock you'd need to spend a good bit of time researching further.
Bonanza Creek Energy: A New Oily Small Cap Player With A Brown Dense Twist
By Steve Zachritz:
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A Simple Oily Small Cap E&P Story
The Properties -
- Mid continent – Southwest Arkansas. Bonanza (BCEI) has 13,000 net acres located in Columbia and Lafayette counties AR, accounting for 70% of their reserve base and a little over half of their production as November 2011. Production comes primarily from Cotton Valley sands, uphole to the Lower Smackover (Brown Dense) we’ve been chatting about as being the target of COG’s and SWN’s next big exploratory tests, and BCEI thinks 5,672 net acres could be prospective for the Brown Dense.
- Rockies – Colorado. “Over” 62,000 net acres (DJ Basin and North Park Basin) producing from the Niobrara, Codell, J-Sand and Dakota formations. In 2H11 they completed four Niobrara shale horizontals with IPs ranging from 738 to 887 BOEpd and 30 day average rates of just under 500 bopd in the Wattenberg area which is pretty respectable, especially for
Is this Small Stock the Next GE?
Editor's note: The following article was published on Dec. 6. As one of the most widely-read articles of the year, we decided to share it with our readers once again.
When there's a slot open for an industrial stock in a portfolio, many investors — even professional ones — automatically default to General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE). "You HAVE to have GE," I've heard them insist, as if not owning GE would be tantamount to investment blasphemy.
Well, you know what? I own shares of GE, and I'm here to tell you that you don't have to have GE in your portfolio.
Yes, GE is a solid company, and analysts are forecasting good results for it during the next few years, with estimated earnings growth rates of 12.5%, and an increase in cash flow of 8% and 7.5% for dividends. GE's energy infrastructure segment has been doing especially well, too. In the third quarter, for example, orders were up 15% to $ 8.6 billion, while operating profits for the first three quarters of 2011 totaled $ 4.4 billion, a 14% improvement compared with the first three quarters of 2010.
But there's another diversified company that could outperform GE — significantly — going forward. And I'm seriously thinking of selling all or part of my GE stake and putting the money in this stock instead.
Like GE, this firm has its hand in lots of different segments. This company owns well-known brands such as Craftsman and Armstrong industrial tools. It makes testing devices for many types of electronic equipment, disinfection devices and other products related to water quality; research and clinical tools for use by scientists, along with a range of products and equipment for dental professionals. Fire-suppression systems, electronic security systems and custom motors are among its offerings, too.
The Small-Cap Advantage: How Top Endowments and Foundations Turn Small Stocks into Big Returns (Wiley Finance)
The Small-Cap Advantage: How Top Endowments and Foundations Turn Small Stocks into Big Returns (Wiley Finance)
A world-renowned money manager shares winning strategies for small-stock investingSince forming Bares Capital Management, Inc. in 2000, Brian Bares has shown that above average returns can be generated through the careful selection of small company common stocks. Additionally, he’s shown how concentrating capital in a handful of ideas improves the potential for outperformance by increasing the depth of knowledge of each position and allowing each security to have a more meaningful impact on the
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Smooth Portfolio Volatility With Small Cap Gold Stocks
When looking at the S&P 500 charts, I get that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that I would get when the local fair came to town and I got aboard the Tilt-A-Whirl after an enormous feed on cotton candy. As investors watch their stock portfolios jump 10% one week followed by a 15% drop over the next two weeks, how can they smooth out the bumps for a calmer ride?
Diversification Holds the Key
Diversification is a broad concept that simply refers to having a variety of investments that are somewhat dissimilar. Financial advisors keep telling their clients to balance bonds, equity and cash. What about diversification within the stock market?
Finding low-correlation, publicly traded investment products is increasingly challenging as globalization ties international markets closer together. A deep recession in one country will see its citizens selling their equities – and many of these holdings are
