Crescent makes savvy buy

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CRESCENT POINT ENERGY, $10.13, is a buy for aggressive investors. The company (Toronto symbol CPG; Shares outstanding: 548.0 million; Market cap: $5.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; Dividend yield: 4.0%; www.crescentpointenergy.com) produces oil and gas in Western Canada, with a focus on its Bakken light oil development in southeastern Saskatchewan. Crescent Point has now agreed to pay $1.7 billion to acquire oil assets in the northwestern region of Alberta from Spartan Delta Corp. (symbol SDE on Toronto). The purchase will add 600 prime drilling locations to Crescent Point’s portfolio. It will also boost daily production by about 29%. In addition, the new assets will push up cash flow per share by 20%. Note that those Spartan assets are next to Crescent Point’s current Kaybob Duvernay production area. In 2021, Crescent Point acquired that site from Shell Canada for $900 million. Since then, it has further strengthened its holdings in the region, with additional purchases last year. Crescent Point is a buy for aggressive investors. investors…