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Veren Inc T.VRN

Alternate Symbol(s):  VRN

Veren Inc., formerly Crescent Point Energy Corp., is a Canada-based oil and gas exploration company. The Company is engaged in the business of acquiring, developing and holding interests in petroleum and natural gas properties and assets. Its crude oil and natural gas properties and related assets are located in the provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta and the United States. Its operating areas include Viewfield area of southeastern Saskatchewan; Shaunavon resource play, which is located in southwest Saskatchewan; Flat Lake play, which is a multi-zone resource play located in southeast Saskatchewan; Kaybob Duvernay play, which is situated in the heart of the condensate rich fairway, Central Alberta, and Montney assets in Alberta. Its wholly owned subsidiaries include Crescent Point Resources Partnership, Crescent Point Holdings Ltd. and Crescent Point U.S. Holdings Corp.


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Post by Dogsbreakfast4Uon Jun 12, 2021 6:02pm
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Nuttall on CPG Aug 2015

Nuttall on CPG Aug 2015I bought CPG for my RRSP after reading this on The Motley Fool.. That was a big mistake that I still own. If I held this in a non registered account I would sold a long time ago. I find it interesting that he is back in now. Live and learn. "On Tuesday, Sprott portfolio manager Eric Nuttall appeared onThe Business News Networkand outlined his top three picks in the energy sector. And Mr. Nuttall is worth paying attention toin the five years hes managed the Sprott Energy Fund, he has outperformed theS&P/TSX Capped Energy Indexby a total of 21.3 percentage points. Interestingly, the first company he mentioned wasCrescent Point Energy Corp.(TSX:CPG)(NYSE:CPG), a company he only started buying recently. So, why does Mr. Nuttall like Crescent Point so much? We take a look below. A cheap share price To put it bluntly, Crescent Points shares have been absolutely hammered recently. In the past three months alone, the stock price is down by well over 50%. Mr. Nuttall thinks this has made Crescent Point the most mispriced oil and gas stock that I can find. He says even the companys proved reserves are worth more than the companys market value. So, by buying the stock, you get part of the proved reserves, all the probable reserves, and all the other properties essentially for free. Crescent Point is also trading at its cheapest multiple ever, at just 5.5 times cash flow. At that price, Mr. Nuttall believes theres plenty of upside to justify the risk. A reformed company Crescent Point has received plenty of criticism in the past, and rightly so. The companys acquisition strategy, while ambitious, left the impression that management cared more about growth than shareholder value. These acquisitions were mainly funded by equity, thus diluting existing shareholders. Likewise, the companys dividend was also fairly ambitious, and was partly funded by issuing new shares through its dividend reinvestment program (DRIP). When putting the two together, Crescent Points share count took off, increasing by more than 100% over the past five years. But the company seems to have reformed its ways. The dividend has been slashed, and is now more sustainable. The DRIP has been eliminated. Management wants to internally fund acquisitions going forward. So, when taking a fresh look at Crescent Point, Mr. Nuttall sees a strong energy producer with a significantly depressed share price. A big caveat Mr. Nuttall believes that oil prices are unsustainable, and hes expecting a WTI price of US$55-60 next year. So, when he says that Crescent Point is undervalued and that it has a sustainable dividend, it is based on this big assumption. Midway through the interview, Mr. Nuttall was pressed on what the company is worth if oil stays at US$38, and he made a very insightful point: At $38 you dont buy an oil stock. So forget about if the dividend is sustainableis the company sustainable? And are any companies sustainable at $38? So that speaks to the lunacy of todays oil price. Mr. Nuttall was making an argument that oil prices must go up from here. But at the same time, he pointed out the big risk of investing in a company like Crescent Point. And lets face the facts: theres a very real chance that oil prices stay depressed for quite a while."
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