Opinions
Mason Granger
Gran Tierra Energy Inc.
GTE-T
COMMENT
Dec 06, 2016
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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He's out of the energy sector. It's one of the worst sectors due to an exodus of investors. He owns BP and a few smaller Canadian ones, like Cardinal.
Gran Tierra (GTE-T) vs Parex Resources (PXT-T). A tale of comparing two brothers. Both are in South America with Columbian core assets. Parex being a pure play vs Gran Tierra having ventured into Peru and Brazil and have exited these areas and now looking at Mexico and so forth. Prefers Parex as a South American play, very consistant. Gran Tierra has had its misteps, still has very good core Columbian assets.
Small oil and gas producer operating in Colombia. His preferred play is Parex Resources. GTE is more aggressive and not as financially strong. Parex has no debt, in fact has cash. GTE production fell off a cliff last year. Higher beta. More leveraged to an oil recovery, if you think oil's going to $70-75, which he doesn't.
Recently added this to his portfolio. They brought in a new CEO, and have done a few acquisitions. 2016 is going to be a fairly transformative year for them. He likes the direction it is taking, and the assets they are buying. Likes the prospects going into 2017 and thinks there is considerable upside.