Bonavista and Peyto are both buys

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BONAVISTA ENERGY $1.47 (Toronto symbol BNP; Shares outstanding: 255.4 million; Market cap: $375.5 million; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; Dividend yield: 2.7%; www.bonavistaenergy.com) explores for oil and gas across B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan. Its output is 74% gas and 26% oil. In the quarter ended June 30, 2018, the company’s cash flow fell 14.2%, to $65.7 million, or $0.25 a share, from $70.9 million, or $0.30, a year earlier. The decline was mainly because production fell 5.7%, to 68,214 barrels of oil equivalent per day from 72,313. That was due to maintenance shutdowns. Those are now completed. In 2017, the company spent $280 million on exploration and development. This year, Bonavista has cut that spending 45.7% to $152 million. That means the company will likely report slightly lower production and cash flow for all of 2018—despite its ongoing drilling success. However, this year’s lower spending should help Bonavista continue to pay down its long-term debt. It currently stands at $809.1 million, or 213% of the stock’s depressed…