Advantage Oil & Gas LtdAAV.TOCOMMENTJul 21, 2016Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 05, 2026. Market Open.
The price of oil always gets pulled around. He likes the natural gas side a bit more -- it's been through a bear market for years and now coming out of that. Over time, increased ability to get nat gas offshore and the world needs it.
But if you go 100% natural gas it's more risky. So, be more diversified but with a tilt to gas. He likes names that are cheaper than they ought to be. For him that's ARX or, for more torque, AAV.
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Gas vs oil? As there is less oil production, associated natural gas production is falling. He owns BIR and was buying yesterday. AAV has performed well relative to other gas producers. He took profits on AAV recently and moved it into oil producers. BIR is trading at 2 times EV, but cuts its dividend by 81% recently. BIR is more cavalier on its spending, but feels it has more upside.
Can see a lot of merit in owning a company like this. This is one of the premier, if not the premier gas producer in Western Canada. They have a huge amount of running room. Fantastic balance sheet and great hedges in place. The company has grown into a manufacturing exercise, and manufacture returns in a very repeatable way. They own their own infrastructure and have firm capacity on the Trans Canada (TRP-T) going out to accommodate their growth. He would expect this kind of a company to grow 45% this year.