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ARC RESOURCES $32.52 – Toronto symbol ARX

ARC RESOURCES $32.52 (Toronto symbol ARX; Shares outstanding: 314.9 million; Market cap: $10.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; Dividend yield: 3.7%; www.arcresources.com) produces oil and natural gas in Western Canada. Its average daily output of 100,883 barrels of oil equivalent is weighted 59% to gas and 41% to oil.

In the three months ended December 31, 2013, ARC’s cash flow per share rose 11.8%, to $0.76 from $0.68 a year earlier. Production gained 5.4%, and the company’s realized gas price rose 8.7%. Oil prices increased 2.9%.

ARC’s long-term debt is $859.2 million, or a low 8.3% of its market cap. It trades at 9.7 times its forecast 2014 cash flow of $3.34 a share.

The company plans to spend $915 million on exploration and development this year, up 6.4% from a record $860 million in 2013. ARC aims to produce an average of 110,000 barrels to 114,000 barrels a day in 2014, up about 17% from 2013 levels.

ARC Resources is still a buy.

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