Boost your oil returns with Cenovus

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Oil prices shot up to over $120 U.S. a barrel in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but have since eased to around $84 U.S. Despite that drop, Cenovus continues to pay down its debt. That improving balance sheet also sets you up for even higher dividends and buybacks, even if oil falls to $45 U.S. CENOVUS ENERGY INC. $26 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CVE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $49.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield 2.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cenovus.com) is now Canada’s third-largest producer of oil and natural gas after Canadian Natural Resources and Suncor. That follows its all-stock acquisition of rival oil producer Husky Energy Inc. (Toronto symbol HSE) on January 1, 2021. Oil now accounts for 83% of Cenovus’s overall output, with natural gas supplying the remaining 17%. It reserves should last 31 years. It also operates refineries in Canada and the U.S. Cenovus’s revenue fell 35.0%, from $20.84 billion…