These energy juniors offer dividends

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BONAVISTA ENERGY $1.46 (Toronto symbol BNP; Shares outstanding: 253.2 million; Market cap: $369.7 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 March 31, 2018, the company’s cash flow fell 2.4%, to $69.1 million, or $0.27 a share, from $70.9 million, or $0.28, a year earlier. The decline is because natural gas prices dropped 8.7%. Bonavista’s output in fact rose 3.0%, to 72,417 barrels of oil equivalent per day from 70,281. In 2017, the company spent $275 million on exploration and development. This year, Bonavista has cut that spending 38.2% to $170 million. That means the company will likely report slightly lower production and cash flow for 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 $802.3 million, or 212% of the stock’s depressed market cap. While that…