pengrowth

PENGROWTH ENERGY CORP. $5.02 (Toronto symbol PGF; Aggressive Growth and Income Portfolios, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 528.1 million; Market cap: $2.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 9.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.pengrowth.com) is shifting away from its traditional oil and natural gas operations and into projects with better long-term potential, such as its Lindbergh oil sands development in Alberta’s Cold Lake region.

Pengrowth is spending $630 million on Lindbergh’s first phase, which should start up in early 2015 and produce 12,500 barrels a day. That’s equal to 16.9% of Pengrowth’s second quarter output of 73,823 barrels a day (56% oil and natural gas liquids, 44% natural gas). Future phases will raise the project’s daily production to 50,000 barrels by 2020. Lindbergh’s reserves should last 25 years. The company’s cash flow per share will probably fall from $1.09 in 2013 to $1.01 in 2014. However, it should improve to $1.38 in 2015. The stock trades at a low 3.6 times that forecast.

Pengrowth’s improving cash flow should also let it keep paying monthly dividends of $0.04 a share, for an 9.6% annualized yield.

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Torstar has struggled in the past few years as more people get their news from the Internet, rather than newspapers. Meanwhile, Pengrowth (see box) has also suffered as rising North American shale production has cut oil and gas prices. The resulting share-price declines are why both companies’ dividend yields appear so high. But both are doing a good job of responding to their challenges, which should let them improve their earnings and maintain their current payouts. TORSTAR CORP. $7.11 (Toronto symbol TS.B; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 80.1 million; Market cap: $569.5 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 7.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.torstar.com) publishes the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest daily newspaper by circulation. It also publishes three other daily papers and over 100 weeklies....
PENGROWTH ENERGY CORP. $5.02 (Toronto symbol PGF; Aggressive Growth and Income Portfolios, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 528.1 million; Market cap: $2.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 9.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.pengrowth.com) is shifting away from its traditional oil and natural gas operations and into projects with better long-term potential, such as its Lindbergh oil sands development in Alberta’s Cold Lake region. Pengrowth is spending $630 million on Lindbergh’s first phase, which should start up in early 2015 and produce 12,500 barrels a day. That’s equal to 16.9% of Pengrowth’s second quarter output of 73,823 barrels a day (56% oil and natural gas liquids, 44% natural gas). Future phases will raise the project’s daily production to 50,000 barrels by 2020. Lindbergh’s reserves should last 25 years. The company’s cash flow per share will probably fall from $1.09 in 2013 to $1.01 in 2014. However, it should improve to $1.38 in 2015. The stock trades at a low 3.6 times that forecast. Pengrowth’s improving cash flow should also let it keep paying monthly dividends of $0.04 a share, for an 9.6% annualized yield....
PENGROWTH ENERGY $6.70 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 527.5 million; Market cap: $3.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Divd. yield: 7.2%; www.pengrowth.com) plans to build a 15-kilometre pipeline to pump diluted bitumen from its new Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta. The new line will connect to a larger one operated by Husky Energy.

The company will spend $20 million on this pipeline, which will make it easier for Pengrowth to sell Lindbergh’s oil to customers in Canada and the U.S. when the project starts up next year.

Lindbergh will add 12,500 barrels to Pengrowth’s overall daily production, which totalled 73,823 barrels in the latest quarter.

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PENGROWTH ENERGY $6.70 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 527.5 million; Market cap: $3.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Divd. yield: 7.2%; www.pengrowth.com) plans to build a 15-kilometre pipeline to pump diluted bitumen from its new Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta. The new line will connect to a larger one operated by Husky Energy. The company will spend $20 million on this pipeline, which will make it easier for Pengrowth to sell Lindbergh’s oil to customers in Canada and the U.S. when the project starts up next year. Lindbergh will add 12,500 barrels to Pengrowth’s overall daily production, which totalled 73,823 barrels in the latest quarter....
PENGROWTH ENERGY CORP. $6.70 (www.pengrowth.com) plans to build a 15-kilometre pipeline that will pump diluted bitumen from its new Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta to a larger pipeline operated by Husky Energy (Toronto symbol HSE). That will make it easier for Pengrowth to sell this oil to customers in Canada and the U.S. when Lindbergh starts operating next year.
The company will spend $20 million on the new pipeline.

In the second quarter of 2014, the company spent $124.1 million on Lindbergh’s first phase (the total cost is $630 million). As a
result, its cash flow fell 16.8%, to $121.4 million, or $0.23 a share, from $146.0 million, or $0.28, a year earlier. However, Lindbergh will add 12,500 barrels to its overall daily production, which totaled 73,823 barrels in the latest quarter. Natural gas accounts for 60% of Pengrowth’s production, so Lindbergh will cut its exposure to weak gas prices. That will also let it keep paying monthly dividends of $0.04 a share, for an annualized yield of 7.2%. Buy.

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PENGROWTH ENERGY CORP. $6.70 (www.pengrowth.com) plans to build a 15-kilometre pipeline that will pump diluted bitumen from its new Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta to a larger pipeline operated by Husky Energy (Toronto symbol HSE). That will make it easier for Pengrowth to sell this oil to customers in Canada and the U.S. when Lindbergh starts operating next year. The company will spend $20 million on the new pipeline. In the second quarter of 2014, the company spent $124.1 million on Lindbergh’s first phase (the total cost is $630 million). As a result, its cash flow fell 16.8%, to $121.4 million, or $0.23 a share, from $146.0 million, or $0.28, a year earlier. However, Lindberghwill add 12,500 barrels to its overall daily production, which totaled 73,823 barrels in the latest quarter. Natural gas accounts for 60% of Pengrowth’s production, so Lindbergh will cut its exposure to weak gas prices. That will also let it keep paying monthly dividends of $0.04 a share, for an annualized yield of 7.2%. Buy.
PENGROWTH ENERGY $7.35 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 527.5 million; Market cap: $3.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 6.5%; www.pengrowth.com) produces oil and natural gas in Western Canada and off the Nova Scotia coast. Gas accounts for 55% of its production; the other 45% is oil.

Pengrowth produced 75,102 barrels a day (including gas) in the first quarter of 2014, down 16.3% from 89,702 a year earlier. That’s mainly because it sold several less important oil and gas properties in Western Canada. It’s investing the proceeds in more promising projects, including its Lindbergh oil sands development in Alberta’s Cold Lake region.

The company’s cash flow fell 6.9%, to $0.27 a share from $0.29.

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PENGROWTH ENERGY $7.35 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 527.5 million; Market cap: $3.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 6.5%; www.pengrowth.com) produces oil and natural gas in Western Canada and off the Nova Scotia coast. Gas accounts for 55% of its production; the other 45% is oil. Pengrowth produced 75,102 barrels a day (including gas) in the first quarter of 2014, down 16.3% from 89,702 a year earlier. That’s mainly because it sold several less important oil and gas properties in Western Canada. It’s investing the proceeds in more promising projects, including its Lindbergh oil sands development in Alberta’s Cold Lake region. The company’s cash flow fell 6.9%, to $0.27 a share from $0.29....