John F. Bookout III, Director at McDermott International Inc. (NYSE: MDR), this week, bought 150,000 shares of MDR stock at a cost of $9.33 per share.
This is the first purchase filed by Bookout in the past twelve months.
McDermott shares were among the biggest gainers on Thursday, ending 7.27% higher at $10.47. Year-to-date, MDR shares have fallen 9.04%, compared with a gain of 4.55% for the S&P 500.
Based in Houston, Texas, McDermott International focuses on designing and executing offshore oil and gas projects worldwide.
MDR recently announced that one of its subsidiaries was awarded a fabrication contract for components of a deepwater platform in the Gulf of Mexico by Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland BV. MDR will build 16 tendon buoyancy modules for the project, which will be employed during offshore installation of the platform.
Stephen M. Johnson, Chairman, President and CEO of McDermott, said that MDR’s high quality fabrication procedures for deepwater projects meet the demanding customer specifications for delivery of structures. Johnson said that additionally, MDR’s HSES practices are closely aligned with the stakeholders on the project team.
MDR released its most recent quarterly results (Q1) last month. The company reported net income from continuing operations of $59.3 million, or $0.25 per share for the first quarter of 2012. This compares with net income from continuing operations of $68.8 million, or $0.29 per share reported for the same period in the previous year.
MDR’s revenue for the first quarter was $727.7 million, compared with $899.2 million reported in the first quarter of 2011. The decline in revenue was mainly due to fewer fabrication manhours and lower marine activity in the Asia Pacific segment.
Operating income for the quarter was $80.2 million, compared with $100.3 million reported in the first quarter of 2011.
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