Diamond Offshore Drilling News

Ilhavo, Portugal - SADIF Investment Analytics, announces a new summary due diligence report covering Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc .

Diamond Offshore Drilling has earned an average recommendation of "Hold" from the thirty ratings firms that are covering the company, American Banking News reports .

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's stock had its "neutral" rating reaffirmed by Zacks in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, Stock Ratings News reports.

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Utilities stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.5% loss.

Shares of offshore drillers are off by nearly 13% so far this year. According to some investors the worst is still to come.

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DO has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports. Analysts at Morgan Stanley cut their price target on shares of Diamond Offshore Drilling from $50.00 to $47.50 in a research note on Monday.

With energy exploration and production companies reeling back their capital spending programs, just about every offshore drilling rig company is struggling to find new contracts.

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Diamond Offshore Drilling recently released an updated Rig Fleet Status Report .