National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NOV): Today's Featured Energy Laggard

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National Oilwell Varco (NOV) pushed the Energy industry lower today making it today's featured Energy laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.1%. By the end of trading, National Oilwell Varco fell $1.81 (-2.3%) to $78.38 on average volume. Throughout the day, 4.3 million shares of National Oilwell Varco exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.3 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $78.11-$79.84 after having opened the day at $79.70 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $80.19. Other companies within the Energy industry that declined today were: GeoGlobal Resources (GGR), down 8.8%, Camac Energy (CAK), down 8.2%, Triangle Petroleum (TPLM), down 6.9%, and Houston American Energy Corporation (HUSA), down 6.5%.

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National Oilwell Varco, Inc. designs, constructs, manufactures, and sells systems, components, and products for oil and gas drilling and production, as well as provides oilfield services and supplies, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry worldwide. National Oilwell Varco has a market cap of $34.51 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.9, equal to the average energy industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 19% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 20 analysts that rate National Oilwell Varco a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates National Oilwell Varco as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and attractive valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

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On the positive front, Geokinetics (GOK), up 24.4%, Cubic Energy (QBC), up 5.4%, Dejour Energy (DEJ), up 4.5%, and Genie Energy (GNE), up 4%, were all gainers within the energy industry with Range Resources Corporation (RRC) being today's featured energy industry leader.

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