oil and gas

DEVON ENERGY CORP. $34.12 (New York symbol DVN; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (405-235- 3611; www.dvn.com; Shares outstanding: 523.9 million; Market cap: $18.1 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) is one of the largest U.S.-based oil and natural gas explorers and producers....

CIMAREX ENERGY $116.12 (New York symbol XEC; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (303-295-3995; www.cimarex.com; Shares outstanding: 94.8 million; Market cap: $11.0 billion; Dividend yield: 0.3%) produces and explores for natural gas and oil. Gas makes up 64% of the company’s output; the remaining 36% is oil.

The company’s properties are mostly in the Wolfcamp shale area of Texas and New Mexico....

DEVON ENERGY CORP. $34.12 (New York symbol DVN; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (405-235- 3611; www.dvn.com; Shares outstanding: 523.9 million; Market cap: $18.1 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) is one of the largest U.S.-based oil and natural gas explorers and producers. The company’s production mix is 38% natural gas and 62% oil. Devon’s daily output averaged 685,000 barrels of oil equivalent in the three months ended March 31, 2016—unchanged from a year earlier. However cash flow per share fell sharply, to $0.31 from $4.02. The decline is the result of lower oil and gas prices, as well as an unfavourable tax adjustment. Cuts key to Devon’s turnaround ...

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A: Baker Hughes, $47.13, symbol BHI on New York (Shares outstanding: 437.9 million; Market cap: $20.1 billion, www.bakerhughes.com), is the world’s third-largest drilling services and equipment company. Until recently, Baker Hughes was the subject of a $35 billion takeover offer from Halliburton (symbol HAL on New York). However, the deal fell through because of opposition from U.S. and European antitrust regulators. The merger would have brought together the world’s No. 2 and No. 3 oil services companies. That raised concerns about possibly higher prices for oil producers....

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NISSAN MOTOR CO., $18.86, symbol NSANY on Nasdaq, is Japan’s second-largest automaker, after Toyota and ahead of Honda. Nissan has now agreed to buy a 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors for $2.18 billion U.S. Mitsubishi’s share price has dropped about 43% since the company admitted that it manipulated data to inflate mileage results for some of its vehicles. The deal is contingent on Nissan looking closely at Mitsubishi’s operations and not finding any new problems. The company plans to let Mitsubishi remain a separate brand, with its own network of dealers. It won’t be involved in day-to-day operations....

CANADIAN TIRE CORP., $141.12, Toronto symbol CTC.A, owns 499 Canadian Tire stores. They sell automotive, household and sporting goods. Franchisees run most of these outlets. The company’s other operations include 296 gas stations and 91 PartSource auto parts stores. More recently, Canadian Tire acquired Mark’s, which sells casual and work clothing through 381 stores. It also purchased the Forzani Group, which sells sporting goods and athletic wear through 432 stores, including Sport Chek and Sports Experts. In the three months ended April 2, 2016, Canadian Tire’s sales rose 1.8%, to $2.56 billion from $2.51 billion a year earlier. That matched the consensus forecast. Overall same-store sales improved 2.4%....

IMPERIAL OIL LTD. $41 (Toronto symbol IMO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Shares outstanding: 847.6 million; Market cap: $34.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.imperialoil.ca) is Canada’s second-largest integrated oil producer after Suncor. The company’s Alberta oil sands operations, including its 25% stake in the Syncrude project, supply 90% of its crude. Imperial also has conventional oil and gas operations in Western Canada, and invests in offshore projects in Atlantic Canada. In addition, it owns three refineries and makes petrochemicals. In March 2016, Imperial agreed to sell its 497 company-owned Esso gas stations to independent operators for $2.8 billion....