Frontline Ltd. (USA) (NYSE:FRO)
The Company is a Bermuda based shipping company engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of oil tankers, including oil/bulk/ore carriers.
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one of largest shipping companies. With economy picking up, fro should improve and pay a good dividend.
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becuse own it ,and hope that i am right..
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My CAPScall on FRO:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/11/23/supertankers-take-on-water.aspx
Supertankers Take on Water
Companies that operated supertankers certainly had a rough day yesterday as management at Frontline (NYSE: FRO) said they would need cash to stay in operation through next year. The company swung to a $136 million third quarter loss, from $48.4 million in profit last year, the market took that news and ran with it.
Ship Finance International (NYSE: SFL), Overseas Shipholding Group (NYSE: OSG), and Nordic American Tankers (NYSE: NAT) all fell yesterday compounding big losses for the year. In the short term pressure is being put on these companies because day rates aren’t paying enough for them to break even on their vessels. Heavy debt burdens at these companies make short-term problems worse and with stocks falling, borrowing costs will rise and the companies could become insolvent.
The big picture doesn’t get better
Financial problems may look bad now but there doesn’t appear to be any light at the end of the tunnel for tanker owners. The biggest oil market in the world, the U.S., is finding more and more of its oil domestically reducing the need for oil tankers to ship oil from the Middle East.
There’s also the problem of a growing supply of tankers coming onto the market. The overall oil tanker fleet is expected to grow 11.2% in 2011 and another 8.7% in 2012 according to Fernresearch.
Foolish bottom line
Yesterday fellow Fool David Williamson said he thought Frontline could survive mostly because John Fredricksen owns a large stake in the company and wouldn’t let it sink. But I think the problems in the tanker market are too big for Fredricksen to fix himself and investors should run as fast as they can from these stocks.
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Highly volatile but at these prices who can resist .
Not much downside but plenty of room on the upside...I,m in.
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Try to get some points back.
Either it'll come back, or reorganize and take more of my points with it.
Sheesh...I don't even care about this company.
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The stock is oversold. The management is the best in the shipping industry. Patience will win out again.
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It is underrated. Once the economy gets better this will shoot up.
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If I were building a shipping company, that's where I'd put it.
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strong company will outlast other tankers in hard times
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Tankers - good
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see deranged monkey post #11083. c9 said so.
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paid dividends for many years.I trust the operators to do the right thing
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I doubt I've hit the bottom on this one, but in a year or so when the economy finally turns, should see some nice returns from FRO.
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Valuation, Shipping juggernaut, John Fredrikson
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This stock has been very beat up. Will come back once the day rates for shippers come back. A value play that may take 2-4 years to come back, but you get paid in dividends while you wait.
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I believe this is essentially a sound, beat-up dividend producer that's bottomed out and has no place to go but up.
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value
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The CEO has just bought $250,000 worth of stock. I think this means he believes the stock has hit bottom.
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Good dividend and biggest tanker company. WIll rebound 25% including dividends.
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