Analysts at Zacks have given a short term rating of hold on Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) with a rank of 3.
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Ahead of its report, due after the market close, shares of Petrobras listed on the NY Stock Exchange traded at around $4.79 – down roughly 1.4 percent on the day and a stark 54 percent over the last 12 months. However, the market witnessed a few buying interests by investors, and the share price was pushed to hit $4.18, the day high.
The union wants Petrobras to reverse plans to reduce capital spending and force it to cancel asset sales created to lower the company’s $130 billion debt, the largest of any oil company in the world. The shares last traded at $4.72.
Average realized prices were $2.38 per pound for copper, $1,117 per ounce for gold and $55.88 per barrel for oil (including $11.03 per barrel for cash gains on derivative contracts) for third-quarter 2015.
Petrobras, mired in a hugely damaging scandal involving bribes and high-level political payoffs, posted losses of 3.76 billion reais in the quarter, compared with a loss of 5.3 billion reais a year earlier. The company has a Profit Margin (ttm) of positive 6.50% and has 27.10% gross margins. The stock price is below by -28.29% versus the average price over the last 200 days.
Brazil’s Petrobras asked the country’s oil regulator ANP to declare Sepia Leste, part of the giant Jupiter area, commercially viable, allowing it to move to production, the state-run oil company said in a statement late Thursday. E&P comprises development investigation and production of crude oil, natural gas natural gas and liquid in Brazil. Iraq is also increasing pressure on U.S. shale producers.
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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation(NYSE:APC) declined -4.37% in the past session as it closed at $60.62 on when approximately 10.94 million shares were traded, against the average daily trading volume of 5.19 million. It gained 1.48% to $4.11 on the Wall Street – still down from its peak by -54.68%. Its worldwide segment engages in the exploration, production, refining, transportation, marketing, and distribution of gas and power in the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Next year’s EPS are expected to increase by 139.70%.
