Ensco PLC (ESV): Today's Featured Energy Winner

Ensco (ESV) pushed the Energy industry higher today making it today's featured energy winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.8%. By the end of trading, Ensco rose $1.10 (2%) to $56.24 on light volume. Throughout the day, 2.1 million shares of Ensco exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $54.95-$56.24 after having opened the day at $55.33 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $55.14. Other companies within the Energy industry that increased today were: ATP Oil & Gas (ATPG), up 19.5%, KiOR (KIOR), up 10.2%, Tesoro Corporation (TSO), up 9.5%, and Erickson Air-Crane (EAC), up 7.7%.

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Ensco plc provides offshore contract drilling services to the oil and gas industry worldwide. Ensco has a market cap of $12.9 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 12, below the average energy industry P/E ratio of 12.2 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 18.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 17 analysts that rate Ensco a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Ensco as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, increase in stock price during the past year, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and compelling growth in net income. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results.

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On the negative front, Sonde Resources (SOQ), down 40%, Geokinetics (GOK), down 13.3%, Quicksilver Resources (KWK), down 10.7%, and Energy Services of America Corporation (ESA), down 10%, were all laggards within the energy industry with Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) being today's energy industry laggard.

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