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PEYTO EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT CORP. $7.05 (Toronto symbol PEY; Shares outstanding: 164.6 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 3.4%; www.peyto.com) produces and explores for natural gas and oil in Alberta. Its production is 89% gas and 11% oil. In the quarter ended September 30, 2018, the company’s output fell 16.4%, to 85,242 barrels of oil equivalent per day from 101,951 a year earlier. Peyto shut down some of its producing wells while it waits for gas prices to move higher. Cash flow fell 22.4%, to $0.66 a share from $0.85. The lower production as well as lower gas prices contributed to the decline. Peyto plans to spend $185 million on exploration in 2019. That’s down 17.4% from $224 million in 2018, and down sharply from $517 million in 2017. Still, this year’s spending, plus ongoing drilling success, should position it to report rising output when gas prices rebound. The company’s long-term debt stands at $1.1 billion, or a..