Barclays Maintains an 'Underweight' on Diamond Offshore (DO); Market Improving but Structural Challenges Persist

Barclays maintains an 'Underweight' on Diamond Offshore (NYSE: DO) price target cut from $61 to $57.

Analyst, James C. West, said, "Deepwater dayrates are improving, and Diamond also continues to add substantial backlog to its mid-water fleet. The company is executing well and has done a good job in mitigating unplanned downtime. However, the bifurcation between older and newer equipment continues. As a result, some of the company's rigs are becoming disadvantaged. Diamond has taken steps toward high-grading its fleet; however, we believe these are so far insufficient to replace lost earnings power."

Barclays cuts FY12 EPS estimate to $3.85 from $4.90 FY13 to $5.05 from $5.55.

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Shares of Diamond Offshore closed at $63.28 yesterday.

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