Here’s our Pick of the Month – January 2012

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ENERFLEX LTD., $12.12 (Toronto symbol EFX; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (403-387-6377; www.enerflex.com; Shares outstanding: 77.2 million; Market cap: 935.7 million; Dividend yield: 2.0%) rents and sells equipment and services for natural gas production, including compression and processing plants, refrigeration equipment and power generators. In July 2011, Toromont completed its spinoff of Enerflex. Shareholders received shares of Enerflex and the new Toromont. In the three months ended September 30, 2011, Enerflex’s revenue rose 4.2%, to $282.3 million from $270.9 million a year earlier. The company gets about 28% of its revenue from stable, recurring sales of parts and services. Without one-time items, earnings per share jumped to $0.22 from $0.06, thanks to the higher revenue and improved profit margins. Enerflex’s long-term debt of $132.9 million is a low 14.2% of its market cap Enerflex’s order backlog continues to grow. It added $314.6 million of orders in the latest quarter, to bring its total backlog to $833.2 million on September 30, 2011, up 62.9%…