Falling gas price hurts Encana

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ENCANA CORP. $27.16 (Toronto symbol ECA; Shares outstanding: 739.8 million; Market cap: $20.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 2.9%; www.encana.com) earned $0.22 a share in the three months ended June 30, 2011. That was up sharply from $0.09 a share a year earlier. Even with the higher earnings, cash flow per share fell 10.9%, to $1.47 from $1.65. That’s mainly because the company’s average selling price for gas fell 7.5%, to $5.09 per thousand cubic feet from $5.50 a year earlier (gas accounts for 96% of Encana’s total production). Average daily gas production rose 3.3%. Encana sold its oil at an average price per barrel of $92.66, up 38.2% from $67.05. Encana is still a buy. buy…