Pengrowth is still a bargain

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PENGROWTH ENERGY CORP. $6.56 (Toronto symbol PGF; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 520.5 million; Market cap: $3.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 7.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.pengrowth.com) recently sold $1 billion of less important properties to raise funds for its $590-million Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta. Due to the decline in natural gas prices in recent years, the company is also producing less gas. As a result, Pengrowth’s average daily production fell 11.7% in the three months ended September 30, 2013, to 83,275 barrels of oil equivalent (57% gas, 43% oil) from 94,284 a year earlier. But thanks to higher prices, cash flow gained 14.5%, to $161.5 million from $141.1 million. Cash flow per share rose 10.7%, to $0.31 from $0.28, on more shares outstanding. The stock is up 33% since the start of 2013, but it still trades at just 5.9 times its projected 2013 cash flow of $1.12 a share. Pengrowth is a buy…