National-Oilwell Varco News

On Monday, May 20, National Oilwell Varco announced a quarterly dividend increase of $0.13/share to bring its upcoming dividend payout to $0.26/share. It should be noted that this increase represents a 100% increase from its prior dividend of $0.13/share, which was paid on March 29.

On Friday, Halliburton Company announced that it will be maintaining its quarterly dividend of 12.5 cents per share.

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The firm currently has an "overweight" rating on the stock. National-Oilwell Varco traded down 0.12% on Monday, hitting $68.22. National-Oilwell Varco has a 1-year low of $59.07 and a 1-year high of $89.95. The stock's 50-day moving average is currently $67.4. The company has a market cap of $29.145 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.24.

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In the frantic days and weeks after BP's Macondo well exploded, killing 11 people and sending more than 4 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, blame focused on a piece of equipment to which, under ideal circumstances, people don't give much thought.

Pete Miller is an interesting guy. The head of one of Houston's largest energy companies, National Oilwell Varco, he has some very definite views on U.S. energy policy, exporting liquefied natural gas, regulations on the energy industry and the perception of the energy industry by those outside Texas.

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's stock had its "overweight" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at HSBC in a report released on Thursday, StockRatingsNetwork reports.

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