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Josef Schachter Crescent Point Energy Corp CPG-T WAIT Jul 28, 2017

This is cheap. BV is over $17. They announced the results for Q2, 90% oil, 175,600 BOE’s day. They have net income of $.15 versus a loss of $.45 a year ago. The problem is, they have $4 billion in debt. If the price of oil goes down, how do they service the debt and how do they keep their volumes up. They are on a treadmill trying to keep their numbers up. If the price of oil comes down by $10-$15, they are not going to be able to keep that treadmill up. If oil goes below $40 like he expects, you will be able to buy the stock at under $8.

$9.900

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HOLD

Volatile sector. Energy is #18 of 18 short term, #8 long term. Lots of undervaluation in the sector. Decent dividend. Stable chart. Plays into the slower-paced move to sustainable energy, creating a bid under the energy sector.

PARTIAL BUY

Overall - energy stocks attractive. M&A not being favored by the markets. Advise investors to wait 3-4 years before proving out recent acquisitions. Company cheap on an objective stance. Does not own shares. 

BUY

Recent M&A not being rewarded by market. Investors would rather return of capital, rather than buying new assets. Out of favor stock. OVerall, demand for energy rising. Strong business with good management team. Current share price very cheap. Good for long term investors who are patient. Generating strong cash flow, with ability to pay down debt. 

BUY

Its base is $8, but he expects it break out above $11 to $12.00-12.50. There's an uptrend that suggest a longer-term buy. He expects higher energy prices and more M&A activity in energy.

TRADE

Support around $8.50-9, bouncing off. Resistance around $11, seems to be heading that way. Once it hits $11, we'll have to see. Chart shows a good trade for now.

BUY

Names to look at in the oil space, offering more torque or upside to the price of oil.

COMMENT

He sold it recently to buy Meg Energy, which holds more opportunity given its new pipeline. No reason to sell CPG unless you switch to something else. His outlook for Canadian energy is bullish (when new pipelines are completed).

TOP PICK

Very misunderstood and still perceived as management drilling 100 barrel per day wells in SE Saskatchewan. Rather, a lot has changed, repositioned into the Duvernay and Montney regions with two decades of high-quality inventory now, drilling some of the best wells ever. They will return 60% of their free cash flow to investors and are actively buying back shares. Are paying down debt more next year. He targets $19.28. Lots of upside.

(Analysts’ price target is $13.46)
TOP PICK

The CPG today is not the CPG of old. It used to have a lot of low-grade wells and bought a lot of companies. Now, they have a serious drilling inventory in the Montney and Duvernay, economic ones in the latter. The board is now conservative and respected. they have more than enough . He projects 3.5x free cash flow inventory, 60% returns to shareholders and the rest to the bank to pay off purchases. In a year or so, that ratio should be 80/20. Meanwhile, are buying back shares and continue drilling profitable wells. He targets around $20. It ticks all the boxes.

(Analysts’ price target is $14.63)
BUY ON WEAKNESS

Great company. Looking at the chart, big wall of resistance it just couldn't get through. Then it broke out. If you own it, hold. If it pulls back to the neckline, he'd be all over it.