Based on the aggregated intelligence of 120,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, oilfield services provider Weatherford International (NYSE: WFT ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking. Our data has shown that five-star stocks outperform the market by a significant margin; conversely, one-star stocks have woefully lagged the market average.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Weatherford's business, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Weatherford facts
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Headquarters (founded)
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Houston, Texas (1972)
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Market Cap
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$7.44 billion
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Industry
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Oil and gas equipment and services
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TTM Revenue
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$9.16 billion
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Management
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CEO Dr. Bernard Duroc-Danner (since 1998)
CFO Andrew Becnel (since 2006)
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Return on Equity (average last three years)
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16.2%
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Competitors
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Halliburton (NYSE: HAL )
Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI )
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CAPS members bullish on WFT also bullish on
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Transocean (NYSE: RIG )
Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK )
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CAPS members bearish on WFT also bearish on
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Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB )
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC )
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Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.
Over on CAPS, fully 683 of the 704 members who have rated Weatherford -- some 97% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include monami10 and CAPS All-Star aracer.
Earlier this month, monami10 wrote that Weatherford "continues to gain strength in international markets especially the eastern hemisphere. Their [cradle] to grave product technologies position them well for everything from new drilling to plugging and abandoning old wells."
In a pitch from two days ago, aracer shares that bullish spirit, highlighting several of the forces working in the stock's favor:
Way oversold. Trading at 1/5 of its oil bubble high, even after a confidence inspiring 30% retracement, it looks like a two year 3 bagger driven by trends like Obama, Pickens PR effort, recent US NG discoveries and OPEC rallying around scary low oil prices.
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