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Smith International Sinks on (SII, SLB, HAL, BHI, WFT)
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Smith International, Inc. (NYSE:SII) led the parade of oil field services stocks downhill yesterday. Smith opened Thursday more than $1.50/share lower than Wednesday’s close and finished the day even lower. Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB), Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE:BHI), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), and Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE:WFT) all followed suit.
Smith reported soft fourth quarter and full year results yesterday. Non-GAAP EPS amounted to $1.00 on income from continuing operations of $218.6 million and revenue of $3.06 billion. Analysts were expecting EPS of $1.02 on revenue of $3.04 billion.
The company’s CFO noted that Smith has "one of the best cash flow downturn profiles in our industry. Over the coming quarters, we would expect to generate significant free cash flow as the business contracts…." She didn’t explain what that means, exactly, but one could interpret it to mean that as economic conditions worsen, Smith will perform better. Sure, we’ll buy that.
Paul Ausick
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