Is The ESG Colossus Stumbling?

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Can Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) Turn It Around In 2023?

Shares of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) sank more than 20% to start today’s trading session after the company reported much weaker-than-expected 2022 Q4 results this morning. Specifically, cont...

Improving Bidding Activity Has Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) Poised For Better Profit Performance Ahead

Shares of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) sank more than 20% to start today’s trading session after the company reported much weaker-than-expected 2022 Q4 results this morning. Specifically, cont...

Not So Fast, Euro Major BP Reconsiders Pace Of Energy Transition

BP announced it had reconsidered its ambitious zero carbon goals after rising oil prices delivered … [+] strong second-quarter profits. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Getty Images How much c...

Big Oil’s Big Paradox: Record Profits, Low Stock Valuations

Big Oil has never been more profitable, but it has hardly ever been a smaller part of the stock market. That’s enough to make industry executives feel unappreciated. “We’re grossly undervalued,” says ...

BP’s 2022 Earnings Round Out A Record Year For Oil Majors

BP CEO Bernard Looney speaks during an event in London on February 12, 2020, where he declared the … [+] company’s intentions to achieve “net zero” carbon emissions by 2050. (P...

BP Posts Record Profits In 2022. Should You Buy Its Shares Today?

Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images Getty Images BP’s share price was the leading riser on the FTSE 100 on Tuesday following the announcement of record profits in 2022. At 507p per share the oil major wa...

BP Boasts Record Profits As Oil Giants Report Historic Windfalls

Topline British energy giant BP on Tuesday reported its highest-ever annual profits, the latest in a series of bumper earnings reports from oil and gas companies reaping the rewards of soaring energy ...

Disney, CVS, Uber, Chipotle, PayPal, and More Stocks to Watch This Week

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BP May Cut Renewable Energy Spending. Its Stock Could Catch Exxon, Chevron.

BP stock was heading higher Wednesday morning after the Wall Street Journal reported that the European oil giant was planning to narrow its investments in renewable energy. The former British Petroleu...

BP Cuts Long-Term Oil and Gas Demand Outlook. It’s Good News for Renewables.

BP lowered its long-term oil and gas demand outlook as it said Russia’s war in Ukraine will accelerate the global shift toward renewable energy in a report Monday. In its 2023 energy outlook, the Brit...

The Carbon Credit Market Confuses The Corporate World

AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 27: The Mossman River in the Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia. … [+] (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images) Tim Graham/Getty Images Many of the carbon credits us...

BP and Shell vs. Exxon and Chevron: The Mystery of Big Oil’s P/E Gap

Last year, global oil companies boomed. BP and Shell both based in London, saw share prices rise some 40% in 2022 and trade at five times forward earnings. U.S.-based Exxon Mobil soared nearly 80% and...

BP and Shell Are a Buy in 2023. Why They’re Cheaper Than U.S. Oil Giants.

It was a great year for oil companies such as Exxon Chevron Shell and BP But the giants of European energy are still trading at significantly lower valuations than their American counterparts, which m...

This Giant Oil ETF Is Seeing Phenomenal Returns. Why It’s Far Outpacing the Price of Oil.

Shares of the United States Oil Fund surged last week, capping a phenomenal run in recent weeks that far outpaced meager gains in the price of oil. USO (ticker: USO), which holds over $2 billion in as...

U.S. Unleashes Chevron. Oil Major To The Rescue In The Energy Crisis

CARACAS, VENEZUELA – MARCH 23: Men wearing a protective masks walk in Petare slum on March 23, 2020 … [+] in Caracas, Venezuela. While Nicol·s Maduro declared national quarantine, the inte...

Oil Stocks Rally Despite Falling Prices. Why People Are Buying.

A unique phenomenon has been playing out in the oil market: Oil stocks have risen 5% in the past month even as the price of oil has fallen 9%. The divide could mean that oil stocks are set for a downw...

Dow ends nearly 400 points higher as investors await Fed minutes

U.S. stocks ended higher Tuesday as traders gauged the impact of fresh COVID-19 restrictions in China and awaited Wednesday’s minutes from the most recent Federal Reserve meeting. How are stocks are t...

Buy BP and Exxon Stock. They Have a Surprisingly Green Future.

Just two years ago, the world’s giant oil producers seemed to be going the way of the typewriter industry. No one wanted oil—the price of a barrel fell below zero early in the pandemic. Exxon Mobil st...

BP Buys Renewable Natural-Gas Company in $4.1 Billion Deal

By Chris Wack Oct. 17, 2022 8:17 am ET Listen to article (1 minute) Archaea Energy said Monday it is being bought by BP PLC for $26 a share in cash, or a total enterprise value of $4.1 billion, includ...

Archaea Energy stock soars 51% premarket on news of takeover by BP in $4.1 billion all-cash deal

Archaea Energy Inc. LFG, -4.90% said Monday it has entered an agreement to be acquired by BP PLC BP, -2.63% for about $4.1 billion in cash including about $800 million of debt. The cash consideration ...

BP Stock Regains Some Ground After Fire at Refinery Leaves Two Dead

Text size BP is the operator at the Toledo, Ohio refinery where two workers died in an accident on Wednesday. Greame Robertson/Getty Images Shares of oil giant BP (ticker: BP) retraced some of their l...

Opinion: 4 reasons you should buy energy stocks right now if you are a long-term investor

This has been a painful year for stock market investors, as nothing seems to be working. There is an exception: Energy. It’s the best-performing sector and might still be a bargain for those who can b...

Last Twenty Years Clarifies Call For Windfall Profits Tax.

Senator Bob Dole (Republican – Kansas) proposed a windfall profits tax tied to inflation circa 1980. Bettmann Archive When profits reported by oil and gas companies are big, they can be really b...

Pelosi’s Trip to Taiwan Is a Risk to More Than Just the Chip Industry

Asian stocks worked out early there is no good outcome from Nancy Pelosi’s current tour of the region. By landing in Taiwan Tuesday or Wednesday, the speaker of the House risks Chinese military retali...

Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Slip as Pelosi Goes to Taiwan, BP Stock Surges

Text size House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to arrive in Taiwan Tuesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Stocks were slipping Tuesday amid rising geopolitical tensions, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ...

BP raises dividend and buyback after profit surge

BP PLC BP, +3.29% on Tuesday reported that its profits rose further in the second quarter of the year, and increased both the dividend and the quarterly share buyback. The multinational energy group m...

BP Stock Surges After Energy Giant Records $8.5 Billion Quarterly Profit

Text size BP reported second-quarter adjusted profit of $8.5 billion as it benefited from soaring energy prices. Getty Images BP is the latest oil supermajor to post its most profitable quarter in yea...

The U.S. Is Still The World’s Top Oil Producer

ODESSA, TEXAS – MARCH 13: An oil pumpjack setup in a residential neighborhood pulls oil from the … [+] Permian Basin oil field on March 13, 2022 in Odessa, Texas. The Permian Basin is the ...

Sanctions Threaten Russia’s Next Huge Oil Field

These are boom times for the Russian oil-and-gas industry. High energy prices are keeping the country’s economy afloat and funding the war in Ukraine. How long it lasts will depend in part on a massiv...

TotalEnergies, Equinor, and Other Oil Companies With Attractive Dividends

Equinor, TotalEnergies, and Repsol are up sharply this year—but their solid dividend outlooks make them worth hanging onto. Even Kleppa/Oyvind Gravas, Woldcam AS Text size Some of Europe’s lesser-know...

Russia’s Invasion Kills Nord Stream 2 And Gives Rise To Renewables

TOPSHOT – The body of a Russian serviceman lies near destroyed Russian military vehicles on the … [+] roadside on the outskirts of Kharkiv on February 26, 2022, following the Russian invas...