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He doesn't generally participate in the E&P space, as it's hard to make decisions based on the underlying commodity price. Bigger picture, still huge demand for Canadian oil and gas on world markets. EVs won't take over anytime soon.
SU had been an underperformer and a laggard. Management changes have resulted in turning things around and improving operations. So now, he'd prefer this to CNQ.
They had lots of debt and operational problems, so were in the penalty box. But this integrated has huge long-life reserves. Cash flow is up and pays over 4% dividend and boasts a 100% shareholder return. Excellent balance sheet. Energy is in seasonal strength now.
(Analysts’ price target is $62.29)
Solid management and a very good allocator of capital. Expects there will be dividend increases over time. The beauty with oil sands projects and oil sands operators is that once they spend capital to get a project going, there is very little decline and very little maintenance capital to be spent. You will see this company building more projects and expanding, but there will be a significant amount of cash flow being returned to shareholders in the form of dividends.