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PEYTO EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT CORP. $34.95 – Toronto symbol PEY

PEYTO EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT CORP. $34.95 (Toronto symbol PEY; Shares outstanding: 153.7 million; Market cap: $5.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 3.4%; www.peyto.com) produces and explores for oil and natural gas in Alberta. Its average daily production of 72,302 barrels of oil equivalent is 90% gas and 10% oil.

In the quarter ended June 30, 2014, Peyto’s cash flow rose 41.9%, to $1.05 a share from $0.74 a year earlier. That’s because the company raised its production by 26.1%. Gas prices also gained 17.5%, to an average of $4.37 per thousand cubic feet from $3.72, while oil prices rose 14.0%, to $77.30 a barrel from $67.82.

Peyto plans to spend $625 million on exploration and development in all of 2014, which will let it drill 110 to 125 wells. To put that in context, the company spent $578 million to drill 99 wells in 2013. This year’s spending should let it finish 2014 with production of over 81,500 barrels a day. The stock trades at 7.4 times Peyto’s forecast 2014 cash flow of $4.73 a share. The company’s long-term debt of $825 million is a low 15.3% of its $5.4-billion market cap.

The stock yields 3.5%. The company pays out just 27% of its cash flow as dividends, so it can easily afford to maintain its current dividend rate.

Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. is a buy.

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