Opinions Bill Harris, CFA
Cyries Energy IncCYS.TOCOMMENTAug 07, 2007
To play gas companies, you want to find high quality management teams that have low debt; low operating costs and are the best acquirers in the industry. ProEx (PXE-T), Nuvista (NVA-T), Cyries (CYS-T) andDuvernay (DDV-T) are 4 that fit, but he hasn't had a chance to look at the numbers on Cyries yet.
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