Secondary Recommendation

Petrofac - Oil services group recovering after contract setback

November 2016

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Oil services company Petrofac has experienced quite a roller coaster ride with the shares rising from 303p in October ‘06 to a peak of 1768p in April ‘12 before falling to 594p early in 2015 and now bouncing to 911p. As you might expect, the share price has in large part been a proxy for the oil price: most recently, the first intervention by OPEC since 2008 to reduce its oil production by 750,000 barrels oil per day (bopd) has boosted prices and sentiment. Petrofac has however also had its own self-inflicted problems with one large contract becoming significantly loss-making, but that looks like a one-off problem and the business looks well placed to recover with a focus on National Oil Companies (NOCs) in the Middle East wi ...

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Petrofac (May 2013)

Petrofac - "Farm-in" to large gas discovery in Cameroon (December 2012)

Petrofac - Oil services firm exploiting strong demand (September 2012)

Petrofac - To deliver "net profit growth of at least 15%" (July 2012)

Petrofac - Goldman Sachs has 2008p price target (April 2012)

Petrofac (January 2012)

Petrofac - Backlog twice covers revenues (October 2011)

Petrofac - US$2.1bn new orders (August 2011)

Petrofac (June 2011)

Petrofac - Huge contract win swell order backlog to US$13.5bn (March 2011)

Petrofac (February 2011)

Petrofac - Take some profit off the table (October 2010)

Petrofac - Oil services firm secures several new contracts (September 2010)

Petrofac - Shares hit new highs on back of forecast beating results (April 2010)

Petrofac (February 2010)

Petrofac - To deliver â€œat least 20% eps growthâ€ (December 2009)

Petrofac - Guidance for profit growth of at least 20% growth (October 2009)

Petrofac - Fast growing oil services firm with high predictability of revenues (August 2009)

Petrofac - Lower oil price reduces forecast (December 2008)

Petrofac - Interims beat expectations (October 2008)

Petrofac - Acquisition broadens service range (September 2008)

Petrofac - Oil & gas engineer with record order book (August 2008)

Petrofac - 10% eps upgrade (July 2008)

Petrofac - Shares break above Â£6 for first time (May 2008)

Petrofac - Shares soar over 50p (February 2008)

Petrofac - Oilfield services firm sees rampant demand as energy prices soar (November 2007)

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