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

Diamond Offshore Drilling's stock was trading at $1.40 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DO shares have increased by 29.3% and is now trading at $1.81. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Diamond Offshore Drilling in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Diamond Offshore Drilling.

Diamond Offshore Drilling is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Diamond Offshore Drilling.

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (NYSE:DO) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 10th. The offshore drilling services provider reported ($0.45) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.66) by $0.21. The offshore drilling services provider had revenue of $276.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $249.25 million. Diamond Offshore Drilling had a negative return on equity of 10.86% and a negative net margin of 36.43%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 18.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.42) EPS. View Diamond Offshore Drilling's earnings history.

20 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Diamond Offshore Drilling's stock. Their forecasts range from $0.90 to $11.00. On average, they expect Diamond Offshore Drilling's share price to reach $5.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 191.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Diamond Offshore Drilling.

News articles about DO stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Diamond Offshore Drilling earned a media sentiment score of -3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the offshore drilling services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutDiamond Offshore Drilling.

Diamond Offshore Drilling saw a decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 31,177,100 shares, a decrease of 9.1% from the February 27th total of 34,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,610,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.6 days. Currently, 22.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Diamond Offshore Drilling's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Diamond Offshore Drilling include Helmerich & Payne (HP), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), PARKER DRILLING/SH PAR $ (PKD), Nabors Industries (NBR), Unit (UNT), Pioneer Energy Services (PESXQ) and Vantage Drilling (VTGDF).

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), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), Synergy Pharmaceuticals (SGYP), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Ciena (CIEN), Chaarat Gold (CGH) and Associated British Foods (ABF).

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

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One share of DO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.81.

Diamond Offshore Drilling has a market capitalization of $249.24 million and generates $980.64 million in revenue each year. The offshore drilling services provider earns $-357,210,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($2.55) on an earnings per share basis. Diamond Offshore Drilling employs 2,500 workers across the globe. View additional information about Diamond Offshore Drilling.

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]