Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Forum Energy Technologies (FET -0.26%), which provides manufactured technologies to the energy sector, has received a distressing two-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Forum Energy and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Forum Energy facts
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Headquarters |
Houston |
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Market Cap |
$2.0 billion |
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Industry |
Oil and gas equipment and services |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$1.4 billion |
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Management |
Chairman/CEO C. Christopher Gaut (since 2010) |
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Trailing-12-Month Return on Equity |
18.2% |
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Cash/Debt |
$17.9 million / $318.7 million |
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Competitors |
Cameron International (CAM.DL) |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 20% of the 15 members who have rated Forum Energy believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, mdriver78, highlighted Forum Energy's fourth-quarter outlook as particularly worrisome:
Downward guidance is seldom received well by the market. And the information indicated in the release seems to indicate some core business concerns. The [company] indicated the reduction in the expected range for full year 2012 earnings per diluted share is primarily the result of:
-- Significantly lower fourth quarter 2012 customer spending on capital equipment and consumable products than previously anticipated, especially in the company's Drilling product line.
-- Customer deferrals in accepting delivery of higher margin capital equipment orders from existing backlog.
-- Under absorption of manufacturing costs.
- -Acquisition transaction expenses, severance, weather related inefficiencies, and other transitory costs.
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