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

National Oilwell Varco was a leading decliner within the energy industry, falling $0.93 (-1.3%) to $72.74 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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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 was unchanged today. By the end of trading, National Oilwell Varco fell $0.93 (-1.3%) to $72.74 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3,153,473 shares of National Oilwell Varco exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,655,800 shares. The stock ranged in price between $72.44-$74.02 after having opened the day at $73.59 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $73.67. Other companies within the Energy industry that declined today were:

MagneGas Corporation

(

MNGA

), down 8.5%,

Lone Pine Resources

(

LPR

), down 8.0%,

Willbros Group

(

WG

), down 7.1% and

Ivanhoe Energy

(

IVAN

), down 6.7%.

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. provides equipment and components for oil and gas drilling and production; oilfield services; and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry worldwide. National Oilwell Varco has a market cap of $31.6 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are up 7.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 15 analysts that rate National Oilwell Varco a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate 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, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

On the positive front,

Miller Energy Resources

(

MILL

), up 8.7%,

PostRock Energy

(

PSTR

), up 7.6%,

Parker Drilling Company

(

PKD

), up 7.3% and

Goodrich Petroleum

(

GDP

), up 5.2% , were all gainers within the energy industry with

Marathon Petroleum

(

MPC

) being today's featured energy industry leader.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the energy industry could consider

Energy Select Sector SPDR

(

XLE

) while those bearish on the energy industry could consider

Proshares Short Oil & Gas

(

DDG

).

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