Both are holds, but for different reasons

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Zargon trades at just 3.1 times cash flow per share, but that cash flow may be headed down for a year or so. Trilogy trades at 9.6 times cash flow, high for an oil and gas stock, but that’s mostly because its shares are up 50% over the last year. We see both stocks as worthwhile holds, but there are better oil and gas stocks available for new buying— such as Bellatrix (see box this page) and Chesapeake (see box on page 57). ZARGON OIL & GAS $6.39 (Toronto symbol ZAR; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-264-9992; www.zargon.ca; Shares outstanding: 30.0 million; Market cap: $189.3 million; Dividend yield: 11.3%) produces natural gas and oil in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and North Dakota. The company’s production is 67% oil and 33% gas. In the three months ended March 31, 2013, Zargon produced 7,648 barrels of oil equivalent per day, down 13.4% from 8,834 barrels a year earlier. Cash flow per share was unchanged at…