Pengrowth Energy Trust $18 – Toronto symbol PGF.UN

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PENGROWTH ENERGY TRUST $18 (Toronto symbol PGF.UN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Units outstanding: 246.1 million; Market cap: $4.4 billion; SI Rating: Average) produces oil and natural gas from properties in Alberta and British Columbia. It also owns 8.4% of the Sable Offshore Energy Project, which extracts natural gas from several fields south of Nova Scotia. Oil accounts for 49% of Pengrowth’s production, while natural gas supplies the remaining 51%. Pengrowth focuses on high quality, mature properties that generate plenty of steady cash flows. It also prefers to replenish its reserves with acquisitions instead of exploration. Growing by acquisition adds risk. But Pengrowth would rather replace its reserves with proven properties that immediately add to its cash flow, instead of investing in uncertain exploration projects. Thanks to acquisitions and rising oil prices, revenue jumped from $408.9 million in 2002 to $991.4 million in 2006. Earnings rose from $0.63 a unit (total $57.0 million) in 2002 to $1.63 a unit ($189.3 million) in 2003,…