SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $29 - Toronto symbol SU

SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $29 (Toronto symbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.6 billion; Market cap: $46.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.suncor.com) produced an average of 343,000 barrels of oil per day at its oil sands projects in June 2012. That’s down 0.9% from 346,000 barrels in May 2012.

The company expects its oil sands production for all of 2012 to range from 325,000 to 355,000 barrels a day. If you include conventional oil and natural gas, Suncor should produce 530,000 to 580,000 barrels a day in 2012. The midpoint of that range is 1.6% higher than its average 2011 production of 546,000 barrels a day.

Suncor is a buy.

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