Bellatrix Exploration Ltd.BXE.TOHOLDAug 26, 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.
Sold half his position after a double. An activist investor wanted to see changes in the company as they were not happy with how things were going. However, to him the management has done a tremendous job since they came in. The stock price has moved up quite a bit. The company was having an awful lot of difficulties before that. There are good activist investors, and there are some that he highly questions. In almost every case when an activist comes in, the stock price goes up, as happened in this case. Can see this going to double digits.