Bellatrix Exploration Ltd.BXE.TOHOLDJan 07, 2015Stock 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.
This is a company that attracted a lot of joint venture capital to the plays that they have. They are a Cardium oil player, which are very robust plays and require a lot of capital. Recently announced a cut to their budget. That is a good thing. Their $400 million budget is going to be $300 million this year, and a big chunk of that budget is going to build their phase 1 deep cut gas plant that is going to be on stream by this summer. They are saying to the market that they are going to get their infrastructure beefed up to support their production growth. He would defer any purchases until sometime in the 2nd quarter.