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Flotek Industries, Inc.: Warming Up or Cooling Off?

By Motley Fool Staff | More Articles
November 27, 2009 | Comments (8)

Together, we are all trying to build our fortune by finding well-run companies at bargain-basement prices. But it takes work -- scouring company earnings reports, scrutinizing key data, and assessing the competition.

Because of that, we've created a screen based on the massive data aggregated from the more than 140,000 investors competing on our Motley Fool CAPS platform. Each quarter, we check in on select companies after they file a 10-Q and track community sentiment -- so you can see how your company is doing.

Here's the community sentiment on Flotek Industries, Inc. (NYSE: FTK  ) both this quarter and last (for comparison), as well as opinions on some related companies.

Metric Flotek Industries, Inc. (NYSE: FTK  ) Valhi, Inc. (NYSE: VHI  ) Koppers Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KOP  ) Innospec, Inc. (Nasdaq: IOSP  )
This Quarter (11/16/2009):
Price: $1.64 $10.57 $30.36 $11.87
% of Members Rating Outperform 97% 72% 94% 82%
% of All-Star Members Rating Outperform 98% 29% 95% 86%
CAPS Rating (out of 5)
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Last Quarter (8/18/2009):
Price: $1.81 $9.38 $26.40 $13.17
% of Members Rating Outperform 98% 73% 93% 83%
% of All-Star Members Rating Outperform 98% 39% 97% 88%
CAPS Rating (out of 5)
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Source: Motley Fool CAPS. Dates given are the posting dates of Flotek Industries, Inc.'s most recent quarterly and/or annual reports to the SEC's website. Percentages are calculated from the number of members rating each company.

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  • Report this Comment On November 27, 2009, at 12:48 PM, dlcapo wrote:

    After reading recent articles on flotex I about gave up on this co. but seeing the outstanding 5 star support from the Caps Community I'm encouraged and guess I'll hang in there a bit longer and see how it plays out. I'm quite long on ftk and need this co. to come back. Paying attention to the Caps Community ratings has payed off for me in the past. Maybe they will come through for me again.

  • Report this Comment On November 30, 2009, at 2:36 PM, killung wrote:

    I know that you all realize that on 11/17/2009, the stock took a big hit with announcement of 3Q 'earnings' and seems stuck. I bought this well under 2.00 and I'm also inclined to hang in, or buy more. Other than dlcapo and myself, does anybody else still support FTK? why?

  • Report this Comment On December 02, 2009, at 8:34 AM, Fool wrote:

    I'm in FTK fairly heavy. I've been looking for advise for a few weeks now only to be more concerned as time has passed. My buddy sold (loss) but I can't seem too. 3 months ago when it hit $1.38 all I could think was to buy and buy I did and I continued to buy even over 2.00. I'm glad to see a 5 star rating as this gives me some inspiration to hang in for the up swing which I'm expecting very soon. I'm nobody though just heavly in.

  • Report this Comment On December 02, 2009, at 5:26 PM, phlynne1 wrote:

    Every time I'm going to buy in FTK takes another dive

    closing today at 1.10 @ 4.27pm

    I'm wondering if they are heading to BK and I don't mean Buger King

  • Report this Comment On December 03, 2009, at 11:38 AM, 67gtojoe wrote:

    I have taken a whipping on this stock but can't bring myself to sell. Good to see 5 stars. Have had other stocks come back so hope this one will also. I always go long, but am perplexed by persistent slide. What gives?

  • Report this Comment On December 08, 2009, at 10:38 AM, iceemaster wrote:

    I too have a heavy unrealized % loss with FTK and have flirted with taking another big bite but keep getting scared off.....but think I might jump in soon.

    Not sure of the true situation though.

  • Report this Comment On December 11, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Fool wrote:

    when a company continues to lose money from operations and the loses are acclerating its time to head for the hills. Get out with whatever you have left.

  • Report this Comment On December 24, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Fool wrote:

    The future of Flotek will depend more on Obama than Flotek management. I'll break it down in simple english. CAP IN TRADE possibilities have companies rethinking the switch to Natural Gas, as their taxable hit would be 10,20, and in some cases up to 50% more than their saving from converting to NG. This "green energy" push is not going to help Flotek, as it is (wrongly) on the wrong side of the political spectrum.

    Flotek's technology and supply chain alone is worth $15. per share on a bad day. I'm invested at very low levels, and am NOT looking at Floteks management. I trust in the company and it's vision. I am looking very closely at the political side, which in the end, will be the true measure of Floteks success. If Obama and his crazy "Cap In Trade thing looses support, expect Flotek to be near $10 by the end of 2010.

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