To mark our first ‘Top 5 Tuesday’ in a weeks, we’ve gathered a list of the 5 best performing drilling companies based on earnings yield. ‘Earnings Yield’ is calculated by dividing per share earnings by current share price. Average earnings yield in today’s market falls between 7 and 10%, making these upstream energy companies attractive to investors.
Here is the list according to SmarTrend®:
1) Hercules Offshore

Earnings yield : 14.4%
2) Transocean

Earnings yield : 13.4%
3) Noble

Earnings yield : 13.2%.
4) Vantage Drilling

Earnings yield : 12.4%
5) Atwood Oceanics

Earnings yield : 9.8%.
Check in on us at www.tallys.ca
Follow us on Twitter, and ‘Like’ us on Facebook to keep up to date with the news at NWSP and be among the first to take advantage of ongoing Tallys related research and development.