Savvy buy for Peyto

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PEYTO EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT, $13.20, is a buy for aggressive investors. This gas producer (Toronto symbol PEY; Shares outstanding: 175.1 million; Market cap: $2.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 10.0%; www.peyto.com) will now buy Spanish energy company Repsol’s assets in Canada for $468 million U.S. The assets include an upstream oil and gas business and related midstream facilities and infrastructure located predominantly in the Deep Basin region of Alberta. Repsol’s Deep Basin assets will add about 23,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day to Peyto’s overall production (mainly gas). Like all natural gas-weighted producers, Peyto will need gas prices to move up in order to report rising cash flow—and sustain its high dividend. However, we like its long-term prospects. Plus, its shares trade at just 3.3 times forecast 2023 cash flow per share of $3.97. That makes them very cheap for energy investors. Peyto is a buy for aggressive investors. investors…