Cimarex Energy $128.68 – New York symbol XEC

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CIMAREX ENERGY $128.68 (New York symbol XEC; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (303-295-3995; www.cimarex.com; Shares outstanding: 95.0 million; Market cap: $12.0 billion; Dividend yield: 0.3%) produces and explores for natural gas and oil. Gas makes up 47% of the company’s output; the remaining 53% is oil. Cimarex’s properties are mostly in the Wolfcamp shale area of Texas and New Mexico. The company also has production sites in Oklahoma’s Cana- Woodford shale region. In the three months ended June 30, 2016, Cimarex produced an average 168,006 barrels of oil equivalent per day. That’s down 5.1% from 176,973 a year earlier. The reduced output, along with lower oil and gas prices, lowered cash flow per share by 41.9%, to $1.58 from $2.72. The company planned to spend between $600 million and $650 million on exploration and development this year. That was down 29% from 2015 levels. However, unlike many producers, Cimarex sped up its spending in the second half of this year. It…