Ship Finance International Ltd. (NYSE:SFL)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company is a Bermuda based shipping company that is engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of vessels and offshore related assets.

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Player Avatar fooluser17 (94.65) Submitted: 12/13/2011 11:10:49 AM : Outperform Start Price: $9.88 SFL Score: +60.34

Numbers look mostly good, and they're in a good industry. One item of concern is the 104m in current cash and over 2B in debt. Also recent 20% dip in quarterly earnings. However, the stock is paying a handsome dividend and isn't time-dependent like the REIT dividends. Gonna take a chance on this one.

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Member Avatar fooluser17 (94.65) Submitted: 12/20/2011 10:43:44 AM
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Actually...stock has recently been falling. Will wait this one out until this trend reverses.

Member Avatar 1oldfatguy (64.36) Submitted: 2/6/2012 2:20:57 PM
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I'm bought into this one at $21. At the time, the dividend was topping 7%; at today's price, it's topping 12%. While the current global economy is a negative impact, I do see the company as being beaten down to an appropriate price and making competitive adjustments. I think you have good upside on capital growth once the economy comes back and in the mean time, can reap some nice dividend rewards. I would buy more, but doing so at this point would over-expose my portfolio and I don't want to do that, despite the attraction.

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