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Crew Energy Inc.CR.TOCOMMENTApr 05, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Oct 03, 2024. Market Open.
He used to own this when natural gas was $3-$4. The equity value of this company is being ground down, day after day. It has to spend money to keep going. Be careful with these small cap names. These will be one of the first ones that banks will require to consolidate due to credit exposures and bank line covenants. A high risk investment.
The market cap is a knock against them and then there is the leverage. But if you want the exposure, he would own BIR-T.
VII-T vs CR-T? He would stay away from CR-T due to its debt level. VII-T has a good management team, but its slow down in growth highlighted their 50% decline rates in existing assets. This causes too much of their cash flow to still be required for maintenance. He would prefer NVA-T, which trades at a lower multiple of cash flow, has a better balance sheet, and lower decline rates on production.
This is always a tough one because they always seem to be on the cusp of breaking out, but it never seems to happen. They have the Saskatchewan oil asset that has been for sale, and the market is always waiting for the hurdle of higher cost production to get it off the balance sheet or off the books. Great Montney asset. This is a long-term story.