These beaten-down energy stocks offer value

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BONAVISTA ENERGY $1.18 (Toronto symbol BNP; Shares o/s: 255.4 million; Market cap: $306.5 million; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; Divd. yield: 3.4%; www.bonavistaenergy.com) explores for oil and gas in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan. Its output is 70% gas and 30% oil. In the quarter ended September 30, 2018, the company’s cash flow fell 7.0%, to $63.7 million, or $0.25 a share, from $68.5 million, or $0.29, a year earlier. The decline was mainly because production fell 4.4%, to 68,036 barrels of oil equivalent per day from 71,191. The company likely spent $155 million on exploration and development in 2018. That was down 46.6% from $290 million in 2017. That’s why its production was down in the latest quarter, despite its ongoing drilling success. Bonavista will spend an estimated $150 million in 2019. The lower spending should help Bonavista continue to pay down its long-term debt. It currently stands at $760.2 million, or 2.5 times the stock’s depressed market cap. While that remains high, it’s down from $1.2…