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CIMAREX ENERGY $114.82 (New York symbol XEC; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (303-295-3995; www.cimarex.com; Shares outstanding: 94.5 million; Market cap: $10.9 billion; Dividend yield: 0.6%) produces and explores for natural gas and oil. Gas makes up 64% of the company’s output; the remaining 36% is oil.
Cimarex’s properties are mostly in the Wolfcamp shale area of the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, as well as the Cana-Woodford shale region in western Oklahoma.
In the three months ended June 30, 2015, the company’s production averaged 1.03 billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent a day, up 22.4% from 838.7 million cubic feet a year earlier.
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Cimarex’s properties are mostly in the Wolfcamp shale area of the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, as well as the Cana-Woodford shale region in western Oklahoma.
In the three months ended June 30, 2015, the company’s production averaged 1.03 billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent a day, up 22.4% from 838.7 million cubic feet a year earlier.
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DEVON ENERGY CORP. $43.90 (New York symbol DVN; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (405-235- 3611; www.dvn.com; Shares outstanding: 411.0 million; Market cap: $18.8 billion; Dividend yield: 2.2%) is one of the largest U.S.-based oil and natural gas explorers and producers. Its production mix is 40% gas and 60% oil.
The company narrowed its focus with its July 2014 sale of some of its properties to Linn Energy for $2.3 billion. The deal included holdings in the Rockies, the onshore Gulf Coast and the Mid-Continent region (which includes Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas).
The sale let Devon focus on what it views as low risk/ high-reward properties, especially the oil producing assets it bought in Texas’s Eagle Ford shale formation for $6.0 billion in 2013.
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The company narrowed its focus with its July 2014 sale of some of its properties to Linn Energy for $2.3 billion. The deal included holdings in the Rockies, the onshore Gulf Coast and the Mid-Continent region (which includes Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas).
The sale let Devon focus on what it views as low risk/ high-reward properties, especially the oil producing assets it bought in Texas’s Eagle Ford shale formation for $6.0 billion in 2013.
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MITEL NETWORKS $10.54 (Toronto symbol MNW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk)(613- 592-2122; www.mitel.ca; Shares outstanding: 120.2 million; Market cap: $1.3 billion; No dividends paid) recently jumped after activist investor Elliott Management disclosed stakes in Mitel and Polycom Inc. (symbol PLCM on Nasdaq).
Elliott is urging the companies to merge to increase their combined profits in a very competitive market. The firm now holds 6.6% of Polycom and 6.3% of Mitel.
Mitel develops products centred on business telephone systems. Polycom makes business communications systems that combine data, video and voice in one product. It also makes teleconferencing systems.
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Elliott is urging the companies to merge to increase their combined profits in a very competitive market. The firm now holds 6.6% of Polycom and 6.3% of Mitel.
Mitel develops products centred on business telephone systems. Polycom makes business communications systems that combine data, video and voice in one product. It also makes teleconferencing systems.
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ACI WORLDWIDE $22.54 (Nasdaq symbol ACIW; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative)(402-390-7600; www.tsainc.com; Shares outstanding: 117.8 million; Market cap: $2.7 billion; No dividends paid) makes software for processing transactions involving credit cards, debit cards, automated teller machines, point-of-sale terminals and interbank payments. The company’s products also help cut fraud.
In the three months ended June 30, 2015, ACI’s revenue rose 4.3% to $265.8 million from $254.8 million a year earlier. Earnings jumped to $30.0 million, or $0.26 a share, from $14.0 million, or $0.12. Cost cuts were the main reason for the higher profits.
ACI is benefiting from the introduction of technology for the shift to chip-and-PIN debit and credit cards, which sped up with the EMV (EuroPay, Master- Card and VISA) payment networks’ liability shift, which came into effect in the U.S. on October 1, 2015.
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In the three months ended June 30, 2015, ACI’s revenue rose 4.3% to $265.8 million from $254.8 million a year earlier. Earnings jumped to $30.0 million, or $0.26 a share, from $14.0 million, or $0.12. Cost cuts were the main reason for the higher profits.
ACI is benefiting from the introduction of technology for the shift to chip-and-PIN debit and credit cards, which sped up with the EMV (EuroPay, Master- Card and VISA) payment networks’ liability shift, which came into effect in the U.S. on October 1, 2015.
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