Topic: How To Invest

Hi Pat, what is your opinion of Painted Pony Petroleum?

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Painted Pony Petroleum, $7.60, symbol PPY on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 88.4 million; Market cap: $672.3 million; www.paintedpony.ca), operates in two areas: southeastern Saskatchewan (in the Bakken shale oil area) and northeastern B.C. (natural gas). About 79% of its production is gas. The remaining 21% is oil. In the three months ended March 31, 2013, the company’s production rose 22.9%, to 8,596 barrels of oil equivalent per day (including gas) from 6,993 barrels a year earlier. Cash flow per share rose 6.7%, to $0.16 from $0.15. The higher production and higher gas prices offset lower oil prices. The company holds cash of $41.8 million, or $0.48 a share, and is debt-free. Painted Pony started out in the Bakken, but it is steadily adding to its reserves and production in northeastern B.C.’s Montney area. Montney is ideally positioned for delivering gas to Canada’s west coast for conversion into liquefied natural gas (LNG) at a number of proposed plants. From there, it would be…