
TSE:TOU
This summary was created by AI, based on 58 opinions in the last 12 months.
Tourmaline Oil Corp (TOU) is recognized as Canada’s largest natural gas producer, reflecting strong management and significant capital discipline. Experts express optimism regarding TOU’s strategic positioning, particularly as it expands access to Asian markets through LNG exports. However, there is consensus that the stock has been performing sideways amid heavy capital expenditures and fluctuating natural gas prices. While some analysts believe its long-term fundamentals remain sound, many suggest a cautious approach, with price targets hovering around $70-$76. Overall, the sentiment is mixed, with an inclination toward potential growth once natural gas demand tightens and infrastructure projects bear fruit.
At the annual meeting in June, what should shareholders pay most attention to? Management is quite bullish on natural gas, so she would question them on that. Their cash flow projections are based on higher natural gas prices, so if they don’t get the higher prices, how do they close the funding gap between their funded CapX and the expected cash flow. She would also inquire about their Charlie Lake oil play, a very interesting play. They’ve just spent some capital there and can ramp up production quite quickly. She owns a little because of their gas liquid exposure.
(A Top Pick May 4/15. Down 32.12%.) You don’t have to look any further than the price of gas, versus a year ago to see why it is down. It has grown tremendously over the past year. Very, very well-managed company. Has been busy enhancing its infrastructure to position for the eventual recovery in natural gas.
This has been a high growth energy story for a long time. They have great assets. If he was looking for a play in the energy space, this would be 3rd on his list after Crescent Point (CPG-T) and Seven Generations (VII-T). The $40 oil price we have today could be more sustainable than people think. The trend is showing that there is some firmness to this oil price. There is a high likelihood that production continues to decline in the US, which will support the price even further.
Oil prices are down, and this is arguably the best managed oil company. It is larger in capitalization. Just raised some money to fortify their balance sheet. Feels they will be a consolidator with these low oil prices. They have tons of drilling locations. This is one you can buy, hold and put away.
(Top Pick Feb 05’15, down 26.13%) The bottom is in and a lot of other tail winds have happened in the last couple of weeks including short sellers coming in. Large money managers wanted more access to more shares of this stock. It is a quality team behind it. Good stewards of capital. They acted a lot better than others.
87% natural gas, which is challenge #1. Challenge #2 is that they have historically grown at eye-opening production growth rates. Going forward that number is likely to be reduced as the law of big numbers catches up to them. He speculates that a lot of people have been selling the name to buy names that have a much higher growth rate, but trading at a slightly higher valuation.