Pengrowth spends on higher production

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PENGROWTH ENERGY CORP. $10 (Toronto symbol PGF; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 330.1 million; Market cap: $3.3 billion; Price-to sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 8.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.pengrowth.com) produced an average of 74,568 barrels of oil equivalent per day (including natural gas) in the third quarter of 2011. That’s up 2.6% from 72,704 barrels a year earlier. Production was weighted 51% to oil and 49% to natural gas. Cash flow rose 0.7%, to $150.4 million from $149.3 million. However, cash flow per share fell 8.0%, to $0.46 from $0.50, on more shares outstanding. Pengrowth is drilling more wells on its properties in Alberta. As a result, it now expects to spend $610 million on capital projects in 2011. That’s $60 million more than its earlier forecast. The company will fund this expansion by selling $300 million of new shares. That will increase the total outstanding by about 9%. Pengrowth is a buy. buy…