NYSE:PACD - Pacific Drilling Stock Price, Forecast & News

Pacific Drilling trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PACD."

3 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Pacific Drilling's stock. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $5.00. On average, they expect Pacific Drilling's share price to reach $5.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 296.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Pacific Drilling.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pacific Drilling in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Pacific Drilling.

Press coverage about PACD stock has trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Pacific Drilling earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company 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 immediate future. View News Stories for Pacific Drilling.

Pacific Drilling saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,330,000 shares, a drop of 5.7% from the January 15th total of 1,410,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 313,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Pacific Drilling's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Pacific Drilling include Precision Drilling (PDS), PARKER DRILLING/SH PAR $ (PKD), Noble (NE), Independence Contract Drilling (ICD), Western Energy Services (WEEEF), Petroteq Energy (PQEFF), Pioneer Energy Services (PES), Seadrill Partners (SDLP), Pacific Drilling (PACDQ), Infinity Energy Resources (IFNY), Sauer Energy (SENY) and Vantage Drilling (VTGDF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Pacific Drilling investors own include Enbridge (ENB), IBM (IBM), Actinium Pharmaceuticals (ATNM), Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR), Gilead Sciences (GILD), U.S. Auto Parts Network (PRTS), Veru (VERU), AIM ImmunoTech (AIM), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) and CenterPoint Energy (CNP).

Pacific Drilling's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (7.23%), State Street Corp (0.69%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.41%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.21%), UBS Group AG (0.05%) and Barclays PLC (0.04%).

PACD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC.

PACD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Barclays PLC, UBS Group AG, Geode Capital Management LLC and Goldman Sachs Group Inc..

Shares of PACD 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PACD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.26.

Pacific Drilling has a market capitalization of $94.50 million and generates $264.87 million in revenue each year. Pacific Drilling employs 722 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Pacific Drilling.

The official website for Pacific Drilling is http://www.pacificdrilling.com/.

Pacific Drilling's mailing address is 8-10 AVENUE DE LA GARE, Luxembourg N4, L-1610. The company can be reached via phone at 352-2684-5781 or via email at [email protected]