Bellatrix Exploration Ltd.BXE.TOHOLDJun 25, 2014Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Nov 08, 2019. Market Open.
Debt concerns? BXE took bankruptcy protection when debt became too much. There is no equity value in it any longer. Companies that have debt that matures in 2020 or 2021 will have issues. He sees no issues with BIR or TVE on this topic. The new Federal relief program for large companies may be difficult for companies to accept as it has provisions for up to 15% of ownership being made available in warrants to the government.
They are more levered towards natural gas. It all comes down to being able to live with the volatility. Anything related to Montney natural gas is betting on LNG, which may not come quickly enough. He would stay away.
Very interesting company, because the methods, strategy, corporate involvement of how they have grown, hasn’t changed. Still have a long runway of very solid projects in front of them. In the short-term, they got boxed in with a deal that didn’t work which gave pause to investors. Trading at a discount to a similar growth peers.