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Tourmaline Oil Corp (Alberta) T.TOU

Alternate Symbol(s):  TRMLF

Tourmaline Oil Corp. is a Canada-based crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company. The Company is focused on long-term growth through an aggressive exploration, development, production and acquisition program in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It operates in three basins, which include the Alberta Deep Basin, NEBC Montney Gas/Condensate and Peace River Triassic Oil. The Company has ownership interests in 16 natural gas plants in the Alberta Deep Basin. It owns and operates five natural gas processing facilities with an aggregate capacity of approximately 325 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) with related gas gathering systems and NGL handling infrastructure at NEBC Montney Gas basin. The Company owns and operates two oil batteries at the Peace River Triassic Oil basin, which handles approximately 48,000 barrels per day of fluids and the associated natural gas is delivered to a third party for processing.


TSX:TOU - Post by User

Post by retiredcfon Apr 13, 2023 7:32am
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Globe & Mail

Globe & Mail

18 oil and gas stocks with healthy dividends and attractive valuations

What are we looking for?

My team member, Allan Meyer, recently attended the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) conference hosted in Toronto by Bank of Montreal. He came back impressed. As a result, we decided to analyze oil and gas producers using our investment philosophy, which focuses on safety and value, and see what the numbers say. We’d also like to remind investors that this sector can be cyclical and volatile, so we tend to target very limited to no exposure to it in our client portfolios.

The screen

We started with Canadian-listed oil and gas companies with a market capitalization of $1-billion or more, sorted from largest to smallest. This is a safety factor, as large companies tend to be more stable and liquid than small ones.

Dividend yield is the projected annual dividend per share divided by the share price. Allan and I like to get paid while we wait for capital appreciation, and dividends generally reflect safety and stability. So, we limited our search to dividend payers.

Debt/equity is our final safety measure. A smaller number is better and implies lower relative risk. It’s difficult to go bankrupt if you have little or no debt.

Price/cash flow is the share price divided by the projected annual cash flow per share. It’s a valuation metric, and the lower the number, the better the value. In the oil and gas sector, cash flow is often considered more reliable than earnings-based financial ratios because of the high costs in the sector related to non-cash items such as depreciation, amortization and deferred taxes.

Enterprise Value/EBITDA is known as the “takeover multiple.” It is a measure of the company’s total value divided by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (a proxy that’s like cash flow). Unlike many common valuation metrics, it accounts for the undertaking of debt by an acquirer. Smaller numbers mean a company is less expensive (i.e. better value).

We’ve also included the 52-week total return to track performance, and the average and median numbers to allow for better comparability within the group.

What we found

Oil and gas stocks with strong dividends

 
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COMPANY TICKER MARKET CAP ($B) DIV. YLD. (%) D/E (%) P/CF EV/EBITDA
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd CNQ-T 87.8 4.5 34.0 5.5 4.5
Suncor Energy Inc SU-T 56.9 4.8 39.7 3.8 2.8
Cenovus Energy Inc CVE-T 45.8 1.8 42.2 3.9 3.5
Imperial Oil Ltd IMO-T 42.6 2.4 18.5 6.3 3.8
Tourmaline Oil Corp TOU-T 19.6 1.7 4.6 4.3 2.9
ARC Resources Ltd ARX-T 9.9 3.7 26.8 3.1 2.2
Whitecap Resources Inc WCP-T 6.5 5.4 37.1 3.4 3.2
Crescent Point Energy Corp CPG-T 5.6 3.9 24.1 2.3 2.4
Enerplus Corp ERF-T 4.5 1.4 24.1 3.6 2.2
Vermilion Energy Inc VET-T 2.9 2.3 33.9 2.0 1.6
Parex Resources Inc PXT-T 2.8 5.7 0.4 2.5 1.6
Topaz Energy Corp TPZ-T 2.8 6.3 34.1 8.7 9.1
Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd TVE-T 2.3 3.6 56.5 2.5 3.9
Freehold Royalties Ltd FRU-T 2.3 7.2 16.5 7.8 6.7
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp PEY-T 2.2 10.6 41.9 2.5 2.5
Birchcliff Energy Ltd BIR-T 2.2 9.9 6.0 3.7 2.6
Headwater Exploration Inc HWX-T 1.5 6.2 0.2 4.7 4.7
Cardinal Energy Ltd (Alberta) CJ-T 1.2 9.7 3.9 4.2 3.4
AVERAGE   16.6 5.1 24.7 4.2 3.5
MEDIAN   3.7 4.7 25.5 3.8 3.1

Source: Refinitiv Eikon & Wickham Investment Counsel Inc.

 

Parex Resources  scores well for safety and value, and has the lowest EV/EBITDA ratio; one wonders if the company is a takeover candidate. Birchcliff Energy  also looks interesting. Vermilion Energy  is the least expensive on both of our valuation metrics, while Peyto Exploration & Development has the highest dividend and is attractively priced. Headwater Exploration has almost no debt and pays a nice dividend. In general, the list offers attractive valuations, light debt loads and healthy dividend yields.

The BMO Canadian Oil and Gas ETF and the iShares Energy ETF are options for investors who like the sector, but want to diversify away individual security risk.

Investors should contact an investment professional or conduct further research before buying any of the companies or ETFs listed here.

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