Bellatrix Exploration Ltd.BXE.TOCOMMENTDec 02, 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.
Had facility problems. Made an acquisition on Monday and then made an announcement where they sold part of the facilities in exchange for getting room on one of the plants with Keyera (KEY-T). That is why the stock was weak, so now nobody cares and there is going to be tax loss selling on it in the next couple of weeks. If you get through this and go to the other side, they are good finders, numbers are going to look good, it’ll take a couple of quarters for the market to care. He would think that 6-8 months from now, the stock should be a fair bit higher than it is now.