Bellatrix Exploration Ltd.BXE.TOCOMMENTApr 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.
Thinks it is prudent for small and mid-cap E&Ps to be selling assets and infrastructure that is non-core for them, in order to clean up their balance sheets. E&Ps don’t really get rewarded in the marketplace over the long run, for owning and investing in their own infrastructure, because what investors really want to see is cash flow per share growth and production per share growth.