DryShips, Inc. (DRYS)

ctmedic00 (99.94) Submitted: 1/23/07 11:31 AM : Start Price: $17.55 DRYS Score: -315.86

This stock is a scary rip off. Here's some information on what's going on behind the scenes...

speaking about his epic 194 page prospectus Kathryn Welling gets into detail...

The candid if legalistic disclosures in the document run the gamut from ...

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TMFEldrehad (99.97) Submitted: 7/19/07 3:03 PM : Start Price: $9.21 DRYS Score: -670.59

Okay, it's time I finally entered a pitch for this stock. I initially made this pick as a result of TMFOtter's pitch - but since I'm getting absolutely slaughtered so far (score well below -500, and getting worse lately as of this writing) I thought...

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Tophinater (59.09) Submitted: 7/27/07 4:49 PM : Start Price: $55.13 DRYS Score: 42.15

The hardest lesson I have ever learned in the stock market is that the performance of the company has nothing to do with the price. I own stocks now that have announced double profits yet the stock still goes down 5% on the same day.

Pe...

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Steve819 (98.98) Submitted: 8/28/06 9:46 PM : Start Price: $11.94 DRYS Score: -497.44

-Bankrupted identical business 6 years ago (Alpha Shipping).
-Buying ships off sister with IPO money.
-Paid out 60M In divvys prior to IPOing to himself and his family leaving company with 7M.
-Explicitly states in S1 that shareholders will be last...

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TMFOtter (99.86) Submitted: 6/05/06 10:29 PM : Start Price: $8.92 DRYS Score: -696.48

This company has one of my favorite S-1's ever. George Economou got financiers to take it public, even though his family holds the rustbuckets in trust, and clearly disclose that where the interests of the shareholders and the trust collide, sharehol...

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pytheian (73.15) Submitted: 5/03/08 12:43 PM : Start Price: $69.79 DRYS Score: 8.40

I don't understand why you guys hate this stock.

- A recession will not necessarily gut global trade and take day rates with them - if anything, it increases the incentive for countries to trade to their comparative advantage so that they can consum...

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abitarecatania (99.17) Submitted: 6/13/08 10:34 AM : Start Price: $73.84 DRYS Score: -2.19

“It was surreal. When someone asked why he was doing the deal, here–now, he actually said, basically, ‘Because Americans are the dumbest investors around, and there’s lots of liquidity in this market.’”

CEO Dryship, George Economou

The secondary of...

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TheGarcipian (99.75) Submitted: 6/06/08 12:24 AM : Start Price: $92.17 DRYS Score: -14.41

Wow, there’s a lot of disagreement among top-ranked CAPS players regarding DryShips Inc. Before I get into why I think DRYS is a good buy right now, let me explain how I review & pick stocks, if only generally:
(1)   First, I look at the sector and det...

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winkyliu2 (< 20) Submitted: 2/29/08 12:36 AM : Start Price: $79.30 DRYS Score: 4.45

all the shipping company is undervalue. With shipping rate going higher, it is still trading less than 8 times next year earning. I predict it will go back up to it's all time high within 6 months.

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LordZ (98.02) Submitted: 2/15/08 1:41 PM : Start Price: $57.28 DRYS Score: 29.99

Personally bought 100 shares @ 80.5

Increased earning, sector is outperforming,

Usually from feb to end year

Stocks in this sector increase

Only wish I was able to buy it when I picked it at 50 on my caps

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