Topic: Growth Stocks

PENGROWTH ENERGY $1.82

PENGROWTH ENERGY $1.82 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 543.0 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; No dividends paid; www.pengrowth.com) started up its Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta in April 2015.

The project includes an electrical power plant that provides the operation with steam used to melt the tar-like bitumen. That makes it easier to pump to the surface. The provincial power grid then buys the company’s excess power.

Pengrowth is now selling this plant to a local First Nations group for $35 million. As part of the deal, Pengrowth will lease back the facility for 20 years and continue to operate it.

The agreement is part of the company’s plan to sell $300 million of its less-important assets this year. It should help Pengrowth pay down its long-term debt of $1.9 billion. That’s a high 1.7 times its depressed $1.1 billion market cap.

Pengrowth is still a hold.

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