Higher spending will boost their 2017 output

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PEYTO EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT CORP. $33.06 (Toronto symbol PEY; Shares outstanding: 164.6 million; Market cap: $5.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 4.0%; www.peyto.com) produces and explores for oil and natural gas in Alberta. Its production is 93% gas and 7% oil. In the three months ended September 30, 2016, the company’s output rose 18.7%, to 96,365 barrels of oil equivalent per day from 81,108 a year earlier. Cash flow fell 8.2%, to $0.78 a share from $0.85. Lower oil and gas prices offset the rise in output. Peyto also delayed bringing 5,700 barrels per day into prodution due to those low prices. On September 30, 2016, the company’s long-term debt stood at $1.0 billion, or a low 19% of market cap. Peyto plans to spend $475 million on exploration and development this year. It aims to boost that to between $550 million and $600 million for 2017. That spending, plus the company’s ongoing drilling success, should let it increase its 2017…