Top 5 Oil Service Stocks To Watch Right Now

Alamy HOUSTON -- Halliburton says it lost $18 million in the first quarter, pulled down by $637 million in charges related to its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

But it made money if unusual items are excluded, beating Wall Street expectations.

The oil services company's loss amounted to 2 cents a share. That compares with net income of $627 million, or 68 cents a share, a year earlier.

Halliburton Co. (HAL), which is in talks to settle claims against it related to the oil spill, said that excluding the charges it posted adjusted earnings of 67 cents a share. That beat the 57 cents that analysts expected.

Top 5 Oil Service Stocks To Watch Right Now: Lydian Intl Ltd He Company] (LYD.TO)

Lydian International Limited operates as a mineral exploration and development company focusing on eastern Europe. The company�s principal project is the Amulsar project located in Armenia, which is a gold exploration and development project. It also holds a combined mining-exploration license at Zoti in Georgia; and a pipeline of early-stage gold and base metal exploration projects in the Caucasus regions. The company was formerly known as Dawson Creek Capital Corporation and changed its name to Lydian International Limited in December 2007. Lydian International Limited was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in St. Helier, the Channel Islands.

Top 5 Oil Service Stocks To Watch Right Now: Rio Tinto Plc(RIO)

Rio Tinto plc engages in finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. The company produces aluminum products, including bauxite, alumina, and aluminum; copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and nickel; diamonds; minerals, such as borates, titanium dioxide feedstocks, high purity iron, metal powders, zircon, and rutile; thermal and coking coal, and uranium; and iron ore and salt. It primarily operates in Australia, North America, South America, Asia, Europe, and southern Africa. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. Rio Tinto plc is a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group.

Best Diversified Bank Stocks To Own For 2014: Hikma Pharmaceuticals(HIK.L)

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of a range of generic and in-licensed pharmaceutical products in solid, semi-solid, liquid, and injectable final dosage forms. It operates in three segments: Branded Pharmaceuticals, Injectable Pharmaceuticals, and Generic Pharmaceuticals. The Branded Pharmaceuticals segment offers 253 products in 485 dosage strengths and forms, which lie in the anti-infective, cardiovascular, central nervous system (CNS), and diabetes therapeutic areas. The Injectable Pharmaceuticals segment markets 120 branded and non-branded injectable products in 215 dosage strengths and forms with a focus on anti-infectives, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and oncological therapeutic areas. This segment provides powder, liquid, and lyophilized injectables. The Generic Pharmaceuticals segment offers 50 generic compounds in 117 dosage forms and strengths for various indications, such as analgesic, anti-infective, anti-infl ammatory, cardiovascular, CNS, respiratory, and hormonal and others in the form of tablets, capsules, solutions, and suspensions. This segment markets its products to chain stores, wholesalers, distributors, health systems, and governmental agencies. The company also manufacturers pharmaceutical packaging products; and conducts bio-equivalency studies. It has operations primarily in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and north Africa. The company was founded in 1978 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Top 5 Oil Service Stocks To Watch Right Now: Daktronics Inc.(DAKT)

Daktronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells various electronic display systems and related products, as well as provides related maintenance and professional services worldwide. The company offers scoring and timing products, such as indoor and outdoor scoreboards, digit displays, scoring and timing controllers, statistics software, and other related products; timing systems for sports events, primarily aquatics and track competitions; and audio systems integrated into a solution that include scoring, timing, message display, and/or video capability for sports venues, as well as related control systems. It also provides automated rigging and hoist products, which comprise of arena center-hung scoreboard/display systems for small and large sporting facilities; automated rigging for theatre applications, including high schools; and video display systems, such as displays to show various levels of video, graphics, and animation, as well as controllers to manage the operation of the display. In addition, the company provides architectural lighting and display products, which include freeform video elements; message display systems for commercial applications; digital billboards that offer digital display solutions for the outdoor advertising industry; Visiconn system, a primary software application for controlling content and playback loops for digital billboard applications; and digit and price displays consisting of outdoor time and temperature displays, as well as Fuelight digit displays designed for the petroleum industry. Further, it offers transportation products comprising various light emitting diodes-based displays for road management, parking, mass transit, and aviation applications; and rents its display equipment. The company sells its products through its direct sales force, as well as through resellers. Daktronics, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in Brookings, South Dakota.

Top 5 Oil Service Stocks To Watch Right Now: Sierra Wireless Inc(SW.TO)

Sierra Wireless, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides wireless solutions for the machine-to-machine (M2M) and mobile computing markets. It develops and markets various wireless products, including mobile broadband devices that comprise USB modems and mobile Wi-Fi hotspots that provide a way to connect notebooks, tablets, and other electronic devices to the Internet, over 3G and 4G mobile broadband networks; and wireless embedded modules to provide embedded 3G connectivity in the latest generation of the Lenovo ThinkPad professional-grade laptop computers. The company also offers intelligent gateways and routers for public safety, transportation, field service, energy, industrial, and financial organizations; and a cloud-based services platform, which delivers Web-based solutions and services that enable application providers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and mobile network operators to develop, deploy, and operate complete M2M solutions for managing r emote equipment and assets. In addition, it provides professional services to OEM customers during their product development and launch process in built-in wireless connectivity for mobile computing devices and M2M solutions. The company offers its products to automotive, networking equipment, energy, security, sales and payment, industrial control and monitoring, fleet management, field service, healthcare, and consumer electronics industries, as well as businesses and consumers. It sells its products and solutions primarily through various indirect channels, such as wireless operators, distributors, and value-added resellers, as well as directly to OEMs and enterprises. Sierra Wireless, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.