Total SA (NYSE:TOT) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the seventeen analysts that are covering the company, Analyst Ratings Network reports. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $56.00. Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) net profit margin is 5.60% and weekly performance is 0.20%. On last trading day company shares ended up $71.09. Analysts mean target price for the company is $71.90. Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 5.18%.
Norwegian energy firm, Statoil ASA (NYSE:STO) has temporarily stopped oil production at its Snorre B platform in the North Sea and vacated one fourth of its employees personnel from the facility. The move followed the detection of a soil shift under a drilling template, followed by an oil leak. Statoil ASA (ADR) (NYSE:STO) shares advanced 1.81% in last trading session and ended the day on $30.34. STO gross Margin is 51.30% and its return on assets is 4.70%.Statoil ASA (ADR) (NYSE:STO) quarterly performance is 19.68%.
The British oil company BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) said it would ask the Supreme Court to decide whether businesses must prove they were directly harmed by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to collect payments from a 2012 settlement. BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) shares moved up 1.10% in last trading session and was closed at $51.47, while trading in range of $51.27 – $51.56. BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) year to date (YTD) performance is 8.38%.
Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR)(NYSE:RDS.A) announced it has agreed to sell its 100 percent working interest in approximately 106,000 net acres in Dimmit, LaSalle, and Webb Counties, Texas to Sanchez Energy Corporation for approximately $0.639 billion, subject to closing. Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR)(NYSE:RDS.A) ended the last trading day at $79.21.
There is a possibility that Russian oil could be pumped to the world market through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Russian oil extracted from the Russian segment of the Caspian Sea could be directed to Europe through this route. The Russian company Lukoil (ADR)(OTCMKTS:LUKOY) has initiated the promotion of this route, as it has appeared the most efficient route in the preliminary studies. On last trading day company shares ended up $58.00.