NYSE:DO - Diamond Offshore Drilling Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Diamond Offshore Drilling trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DO."

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (NYSE:DO) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February, 11th. The offshore drilling services provider reported ($0.42) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.40) by $0.02. The offshore drilling services provider earned $232.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $249.89 million. Diamond Offshore Drilling had a negative return on equity of 4.32% and a negative net margin of 16.64%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 32.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.05) earnings per share. View Diamond Offshore Drilling's Earnings History.

Diamond Offshore Drilling is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Diamond Offshore Drilling.

18 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Diamond Offshore Drilling's shares. Their predictions range from $8.00 to $23.00. On average, they expect Diamond Offshore Drilling's stock price to reach $15.1393 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Diamond Offshore Drilling.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diamond Offshore Drilling in the last year. There are currently 7 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Diamond Offshore Drilling.

News stories about DO stock have been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Diamond Offshore Drilling earned a news impact score of 3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the offshore drilling services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Diamond Offshore Drilling saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 29th, there was short interest totalling 25,219,784 shares, an increase of 18.8% from the March 15th total of 21,224,093 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,510,032 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 10.0 days. Approximately 18.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View Diamond Offshore Drilling's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Diamond Offshore Drilling include Transocean (RIG), Seadrill (SDRL), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Ocean Rig UDW (ORIG), Ensco (ESV), Rowan Companies (RDC), Nabors Industries (NBR), Baytex Energy (BTE), Pacific Drilling (PACD), Precision Drilling (PDS), Noble (NE), Oasis Midstream Partners (OMP), Independence Contract Drilling (ICD), Pioneer Energy Services (PES) and Key Energy Services (KEG).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Diamond Offshore Drilling investors own include Transocean (RIG), Intelsat (I), Bank of America (BAC), Fossil Group (FOSL), Synergy Pharmaceuticals (SGYP), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Associated British Foods (ABF), First Data (FDC) and AMC Entertainment (AMC).

Diamond Offshore Drilling's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Manning & Napier Group LLC (1.62%), FOURPOINTS Investment Managers S.A.S. (0.70%), Triad Investment Management (0.19%), Foundation Resource Management Inc. (0.16%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own Diamond Offshore Drilling stock include Charles Fabrikant, David L Roland, Marc Gerard Rex Edwards, Paul G Gaffney and Scott Lee Kornblau. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Diamond Offshore Drilling.

DO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Diamond Offshore Drilling company stock in the last year include David L Roland, Marc Gerard Rex Edwards and Scott Lee Kornblau. View Insider Buying and Selling for Diamond Offshore Drilling.

DO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FOURPOINTS Investment Managers S.A.S., Triad Investment Management, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Foundation Resource Management Inc. and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Diamond Offshore Drilling.

Shares of DO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.36.

Diamond Offshore Drilling has a market capitalization of $1.56 billion and generates $1.08 billion in revenue each year. The offshore drilling services provider earns $-180,270,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.17) on an earnings per share basis. Diamond Offshore Drilling employs 2,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Diamond Offshore Drilling is http://www.diamondoffshore.com.

Diamond Offshore Drilling's mailing address is 15415 KATY FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX, 77094. The offshore drilling services provider can be reached via phone at 281-492-5300 or via email at [email protected]