Bill Harris, CFA
PetroKazakhstan Inc
PKZ-T
DON'T BUY
Jul 08, 2005
Looks like the company is up for sale, but expects the price will be within $5 of its current price. A fantastic story, but you never know from one day to another what's going to happen in that part of the world. Too hard to call.
A lot of problems with the government. Could be some buyers for the company and if you own, you could end up with a small premium over the present price. A lot of uncertainty and this will continue.
Has been approached by numerous parties for a takeover. Trading at least half of international oil companies. Takeover will be higher than the current price.
The biggest risk is essentially the political/country risk. You can see the volatility of it in the last several months. Extremely cheap if you compare it to the integrated companies here in Canada. There are also some interested outside buyers. Feels there's s ome good upside on this.
More a case of holding for the $55 cash bid rather than buying. Has lots of oil and is trading very cheaply. Thinks there will eventually be a spinout of a junior oil by the current management which will create value.
The next several weeks are going to be very interesting. Have been some big developments this week with a formal offer coming in from China. Could be a counter bid from India. He would take some of the money off the table. Stock is cheap selling below net asset value. He is prepared to invest in this as a going concern.