Topic: Growth Stocks

ENERFLEX LTD., $12.12 – Toronto symbol EFX

ENERFLEX LTD., $12.12 (Toronto symbol EFX; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (403-387-6377; www.enerflex.com; Shares outstanding: 77.2 million; Market cap: 935.7 million; Dividend yield: 2.0%) rents and sells equipment and services for natural gas production, including compression and processing plants, refrigeration equipment and power generators. In July 2011, Toromont completed its spinoff of Enerflex. Shareholders received shares of Enerflex and the new Toromont.

In the three months ended September 30, 2011, Enerflex’s revenue rose 4.2%, to $282.3 million from $270.9 million a year earlier. The company gets about 28% of its revenue from stable, recurring sales of parts and services. Without one-time items, earnings per share jumped to $0.22 from $0.06, thanks to the higher revenue and improved profit margins. Enerflex’s long-term debt of $132.9 million is a low 14.2% of its market cap

Enerflex’s order backlog continues to grow. It added $314.6 million of orders in the latest quarter, to bring its total backlog to $833.2 million on September 30, 2011, up 62.9% from $511.4 million a year earlier. Enerflex benefited from rising shale gas production in the southern U.S., including the Eagle Ford and Marcellus shale areas.

Since the end of September, Enerflex has won a two-year, $228-million U.S. contract to build a gas-processing plant in Oman.

The company has a strong position in three rapidly expanding markets: U.S. and Canadian shale gas production, Australian natural gas from coal beds and conventional Middle Eastern natural gas, which is converted to liquefied natural gas (LNG) for shipping.

Enerflex trades at 13.2 times its forecast 2012 earnings of $0.92 a share. The stock yields 2.0%.

Enerflex is a buy.

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