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Josef Schachter
Bellatrix Exploration Ltd.
BXE-T
PAST TOP PICK
May 01, 2018
$2.000
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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.
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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.
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(A Top Pick July 28, 2017. Down 40%). He recommended buying on weakness, the stock dropped and he recommended it most strongly last December. It is up 50% since then. He thinks the stock can go up to $7. He pointed out on the 10 year chart that the stock has massive upside when the price of oil moves. For example, it went from less than $15 in 2012 to nearly $60 in 2015. Similarly in 2009-2010, the stock went from $2 to $17. They go from being hated to being loved, and right now, the natural gas story is getting strong. Storage is low, last week there was even a draw. The US industry is so focused on drilling oil and liquids that the focus on natural gas is just not there. The LNG takeaway capacity in the US is going from 2 bcf to 9 by the end of 2019. Canada does have the pipelines into the midwest, and they are expanding. These can carry a lot of Canadian production into this growth of demand of 7 bcf. He also expects LNG to BC to be approved, which will result in a further increase of demand for Canadian natural gas, at better prices.