Canaccord Genuity Maintains a 'Hold' on Noble (NE); Downtime Lowers Q2 Estimates

July 7, 2011 12:35 PM EDT
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Canaccord Genuity maintains a 'Hold' on Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE), PT lowered by $1 to $55.

Canaccord analyst, Scott Burk, said, "Noble released a fleet status update with fairly minor changes. We lower our Q2/11 and 2011 estimates by $0.17 and $0.13, respectively, to account for additional downtime (including 60 days resulting from a contract dispute with Pemex), as well as our 2012 EPS on slight newbuild delays. Noble did report several new contracts, but all of them are short term (less than one year) at rates that are in line with recent contracts for both deepwater semis and jackups. Overall, the FSU implies a relatively stable rig day rate market."

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Shares of Noble Corporation closed at $38.35 yesterday.


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