Dahlman Rose Downgrades Seadrill Ltd. (SDRL) to Hold; Valuation Call

Dahlman Rose downgraded Seadrill Ltd. (NYSE: SDRL) from Buy to Hold.

Dahlman analyst said, "We expect SDRL will benefit in the near-term from further dividend increases and improved ultra-deepwater dayrates. Additionally, we expect the floating rig market's marketed contracted utilization to increase to over 99% in 2013 causing industry-wide rig reactivations and dayrate improvement. Although there could be some upside to the current price from dividend increases, we believe the long-term sustainability of the dividend is risky given the capital structure of the company."

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Shares of Seadrill Ltd. closed at $38.01 yesterday.

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