Topic: How To Invest

Power Growth Investor Hotline – Friday, June 5, 2020

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COMPUTER MODELLING GROUP LTD., $5.50, is a still a buy.  The company (symbol CMG on Toronto) offers software and consulting services to help conventional oil and gas producers create 3D models of reservoirs. That lets them squeeze more out of those holes using advanced recovery techniques such as injecting steam or chemicals. Without that help, typically only 25% to 30% of oil and gas is recovered with drilling. Unconventional producers using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, also use Computer Modelling’s software to determine the best drilling locations and depths. In the three months ended March 31, 2020, the company’s revenue fell 12.4%, to $18.5 million from $21.1 million a year earlier. Software licensing revenue makes up 90% of the total; sales from consulting and professional services comprise 10%. In the latest quarter, Computer Modelling earned $7.1 million, or $0.09 a share. That was up 17.2% from $6.0 million, or $0.07. The increase was due to new accounting rules for leases in the latest quarter…