RE:6 reasons why IMO Kelt is best kept secret in small cap E&PIt's definitely a good picture, but what is the endgame?
No shareholder returns indicated, high capex, looks like pure growth for the foreseeable future.
High contrast to most of the players, who are succombing to the shareholder returns movement.
PabloLafortune wrote: #1, debt free - lowest leverage among peers (by far). Safer during downturns (not beholden to lenders). Less volatile share price during commodity price drops. Able to seize opportunities as they come along.
#2 lowest EV/cashflow ratio among peers. More profitable at a given oil % mix than its peers.
#3 increasing liquids mix which translates to better netbacks ($2.25 for every $7 WTI increase or decrease). Q4 was 25% oil, my guess based on wells being brought on line is that Q4 '22 will be 30%. Longer term 33% perhaps? Which I guess means $30 adjusted netback at around $70 WTI. Best upside among peers.
#4 lowest production to Montney land among peers. More room to grow and likely more inventory of top tier locations (an important metric in Los Estados Unidos).
#5 Fastest Growing production - 50% for 2022 (YoY and Q4 over Q4 my guess) among peers. With significant free cashflow at strip (assuming capex budget remains at $250M - based on 2021, it won't though).
#6 Fastest Growing reserves among peers - my guess is they add 34M in PDP reserves in 2022 and will consume 11.3M. If capex budget is increased in the same fashion as 2021, PDP reserves will grow even more especially that % spent on infrastructure is decreasing (latest $40M capex increase was pretty much all D&C).
GLTA.