These two can ride out weak oil and gas

COMPUTER MODELLING GROUP $12.85 (Toronto symbol CMG; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-531-1300; www.cmgl.ca; Shares outstanding: 78.5 million; Market cap: $1.0 billion; Dividend yield: 3.1%) sells software and services that help conventional oil and gas producers create 3-D models of reservoirs. That lets them squeeze more out… Read More

PASON SYSTEMS $22.24 – Toronto symbol PSI

PASON SYSTEMS $22.24 (Toronto symbol PSI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative)(403-301-3400; www.pason.com; Shares outstanding: 83.6 million; Market cap: $1.9 billion; Dividend yield: 3.1%) rents equipment for monitoring and managing land-based oil rigs. It also provides communication systems clients use to remotely collect data from their drilling operations… Read More

Producers need them more than ever

COMPUTER MODELLING GROUP $12.73 (Toronto symbol CMG; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-531-1300; www.cmgl.ca; Shares outstanding: 78.6 million; Market cap: $1.0 billion; Dividend yield: 3.1%) sells software and consulting services that help conventional oil and gas producers create complex 3D models of reservoirs. That lets them squeeze… Read More

PASON SYSTEMS $18.47 – Toronto symbol PSI

PASON SYSTEMS $18.47 (Toronto symbol PSI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative)(403-301-3400; www.pason.com; Shares outstanding: 83.4 million; Market cap: $1.5 billion; Dividend yield: 3.7%) rents equipment for monitoring and managing oil and gas rigs. It also sells communication technology, such as its satellite system, which companies use to… Read More

Strong balance sheets lower their risk

PASON SYSTEMS $32.79 (Toronto symbol PSI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-301-3400; www.pason.com; Shares outstanding: 82.7 million; Market cap: $2.7 billion; Dividend yield: 2.1%) is trading near all-time highs as it continues to benefit from the boom in U.S. shale oil and gas drilling.

Pason rents equipment… Read More

PASON SYSTEMS $32.79 – Toronto symbol PSI

PASON SYSTEMS $32.79 (Toronto symbol PSI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-301-3400; www.pason.com; Shares outstanding: 82.7 million; Market cap: $2.7 billion; Dividend yield: 2.1%) is trading near all-time highs as it continues to benefit from the boom in U.S. shale oil and gas drilling.

Pason rents equipment for… Read More