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Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.

5/22/2013, 1:00 PM ET

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Thursday, April 25, 9:00 AM More on Diamond Offshore's (DO) Q1 results: Day rates for mid-water floaters fell 1.5% Y/Y, and the utilization rate eased to 64% from 65%. For ultra-deepwater floaters, day rates were down 1.1%, and utilization fell to 73% from 85%. For deepwater floaters, day rates were up 8.4%, and utilization grew to 94% from 88%. Majority owner Loews (L) will report Q1 results Monday. Comment! [Energy, Earnings]
Thursday, April 25, 6:25 AM Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (DO) declares $0.125/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 0.73%. For shareholders of record May 07. Payable June 03. Ex-div date May 03. The board declares special dividend of $0.75/share, payable with regular dividend. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, April 25, 6:05 AM Diamond Offshore (DO): Q1 EPS of $1.27 beats by $0.13. Revenue of $730M beats by $17.34M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Thursday, April 25, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ABC, AIXG, ALK, ALXN, AME, ASPS, AVT, AZN, BC, BG, BIIB, BLL, BMS, BMY, BSX, BWA, CAB, CAM, CCE, CELG, CFX, CL, CMS, CNX, COP, CRR, CSH, D, DAN, DLX, DNKN, DO, DOW, DST, EQT, ESI, ETR, FAF, GPK, GTI, GTLS, HERO, HOG, HP, HSY, IDCC, IMAX, JBLU, KKR, KMT, LEA, LINE, LKQ, LLL, LUV, LVLT, MDP, MJN, MMM, MO, NBL, NLSN, NMM, NYT, O, ODFL, ORI, OXY, PCS, PDS, PH, PHM, POT, PRLB, PTEN, PVR, RCL, RDWR, RRD, RS, RTN, RYN, SCG, SIAL, SUI, SWK, SWY, TASR, TSRA, TWC, UAL, UPS, UTHR, WBC, XOM, YNDX, ZMH Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, April 24, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ABC, AIXG, ALK, ALXN, AME, ASPS, AVT, AZN, BC, BG, BIIB, BLL, BMS, BMY, BSX, BWA, CAB, CAM, CCE, CELG, CFX, CL, CMS, CNX, COP, CRR, CSH, D, DAN, DLX, DNKN, DO, DOW, DST, EQT, ESI, ETR, FAF, GPK, GTI, GTLS, HERO, HOG, HP, HSY, IDCC, IMAX, JBLU, KKR, KMT, LEA, LINE, LKQ, LLL, LUV, LVLT, MDP, MJN, MMM, MO, NBL, NLSN, NMM, NYT, O, ODFL, ORI, OXY, PCS, PDS, PH, PHM, POT, PRLB, PTEN, PVR, RCL, RDWR, RRD, RS, RTN, RYN, SCG, SIAL, SUI, SWK, SWY, TASR, TSRA, TWC, UAL, UPS, UTHR, WBC, XOM, YNDX, ZMH Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, February 7, 3:23 PM Barclays analysts downplay the impact of the safety notice on offshore drillers ordering inspection of subsea equipment on some Gulf of Mexico drilling rigs for faulty bolts. "While this event poses additional downtime risk for these drillers, we believe the downtime would be limited and can be often mitigated through the course of normal operations," the firm says. 7 Comments [Energy]
Wednesday, February 6, 3:17 PM Shares of oil and gas drillers slide to session lows following a Bloomberg report that drilling regulators had directed offshore operators to halt work on some oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico after discovering faulty bolts on equipment used to prevent blowouts. Replacing all bolts on blowout preventers could cost millions, Rowan (RDC) CEO Matt Ralls says. 12 Comments [Energy]
Tuesday, February 5, 8:23 AM More on Diamond Offshore's (DO) Q4 results: Lower day rates offset improved utilization of ultra-deepwater and midwater floaters. Ultra-deepwater day rates fell 2.2% while utilization rose to 89% from 70% Y/Y. For deep-water floaters, day rates dropped 12% while utilization fell to 85% from 97%. Day rates for midwater floaters fell 1.1%, with utilization rising to 70% from 60%. DO +0.5% premarket. Comment! [Energy, Earnings]
Tuesday, February 5, 6:52 AM Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (DO) declares $0.125/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 0.65%. For shareholders of record Feb. 19. Payable Mar. 01. Ex-div date Feb. 15. Additionally, the board declares special dividend of $0.75/share payable with regular dividend. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, February 5, 6:02 AM Diamond Offshore (DO): Q4 EPS of $1.12 beats by $0.01. Revenue of $751M (+0.4% Y/Y) beats by $11.M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Tuesday, February 5, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: ACI, ACM, ADM, ADP, AGCO, AGN, ALLT, ARMH, ATK, BDX, BP, CAH, CHD, CSC, DLPH, DO, EL, EMR, ETN, K, MMP, NGPC, NRGY, NYX, OHI, SE, SEP, SIRI, TE, TM, UBS, UDR, VSH Comment! [Earnings]
Monday, February 4, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Tuesday’s open: ACI, ACM, ADM, ADP, AGCO, AGN, ALLT, ARMH, ATK, BDX, BP, CAH, CHD, CSC, DLPH, DO, EL, EMR, ETN, K, MMP, NGPC, NRGY, NYX, OHI, SE, SEP, SIRI, TE, TM, UBS, UDR, VSH Comment! [Earnings]
Friday, January 4, 8:28 AM Helix Energy (HLX) is turning into a takeover target after streamlining the company to focus on its expanding operations for offshore oilwell support, Bloomberg writes. Analysts say recent sales of its oil-and-gas unit and a pipe-laying business have made HLX more appealing to a potential suitor such as Aker Solutions, Technip or Diamond Offshore. Comment! [Energy, M&A]
Saturday, December 29, 2012, 8:25 AM The rebound in companies paying dividends could be the beginning of a long-term change in the way they treat cash and their shareholders - one that would make investors much better off, Jason Zweig argues. Companies like Diamond Offshore (DO) view dividends as rewarding loyal shareholders, harkening back to the 19th century when most of the returns on U.S. stocks came from dividend income. 3 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Thursday, October 18, 2012, 3:18 PM Recent deals struck by Diamond Offshore (DO +1.8%) and Noble (NE +4.3%) paint a picture of a market in which deepwater oil rigs will be in high demand for years, while other drilling segments may end up being too well supplied. DO predicts as many as 40 deepwater rigs in the Gulf of Mexico next year, vs. 31 now; both firms expect ultra-deepwater rates to keep heading higher. (earnings: DO, NE) Comment! [Energy, On the Move]
Thursday, October 18, 2012, 6:39 AM Diamond Offshore Drilling (DO) declares $0.125/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 0.72%. For shareholders of record Nov 01. Payable Dec 03. Ex-div date Oct 30. Additionally, the company has declared special dividend of $0.75/share payable with regular dividend. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]