NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Whiting Petroleum Corp. are up 6.33% to $31.92 today as oil prices climbed on Monday, adding to Friday's powerful rally. But traders said gains were capped by an estimate of another strong weekly build in U.S. crude stocks, according to Reuters. West Texas Intermediate rose 2.49% to $49.44 at 11:58 a.m. in New York. Brent was up 2.94% to $54.55. Exclusive Report: Jim Cramer's Best Stocks for 2015 STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. A U.S. refinery strike, which theoretically meant higher crude supplies in the market, and disappointing U.S. consumer spending and manufacturing data also pared Monday's early gains, Reuters said. Traders said oil services company Genscape estimated a stock build of 2.3 million barrels in the Cushing, Oklahoma delivery point for U.S. crude last week, adding to already record-high oil inventories in the country, Reuters added. "We saw some strength in the market this morning, but that's being sold into," Tyche Capital Advisors managing member Tariq Zahir told Reuters. "I think people were trying to play off again on Friday's rally on the assumption that the market's found a bottom, but I don't think that's the case yet," Zahir added. Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates WHITING PETROLEUM CORP as a Hold with a ratings score of C. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate WHITING PETROLEUM CORP (WLL) a HOLD. The primary factors that have impacted our rating are mixed - some indicating strength, some showing weaknesses, with little evidence to justify the expectation of either a positive or negative performance for this stock relative to most other stocks. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows: The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 11.8%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 13.9%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share. The debt-to-equity ratio is somewhat low, currently at 0.65, and is less than that of the industry average, implying that there has been a relatively successful effort in the management of debt levels. Despite the fact that WLL's debt-to-equity ratio is low, the quick ratio, which is currently 0.58, displays a potential problem in covering short-term cash needs. The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed against the S&P 500 and did not exceed that of the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry. The net income has decreased by 22.6% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, dropping from $204.10 million to $157.98 million. The company's current return on equity has slightly decreased from the same quarter one year prior. This implies a minor weakness in the organization. In comparison to the other companies in the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry and the overall market, WHITING PETROLEUM CORP's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500. You can view the full analysis from the report here: WLL Ratings Report STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.
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