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Good morning Pat: Could you please let me know what you think of Paramount Resources? Thank you!

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Paramount Resources, $35.71, symbol POU on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 95.4 million; Market cap: $3.4 billion; www.paramountres.com), produces natural gas and oil in Alberta and B.C. Its production is 14% oil and 86% gas. In the three months ended June 30, 2013, Paramount produced 20,790 barrels of oil equivalent per day (including gas), down 3.2% from 21,474 barrels a year earlier. However, cash flow per share jumped to $0.24 from $0.15, along with natural gas prices, which rose 90.0%, to $3.97 per thousand cubic feet from $2.09. Paramount’s long-term debt of $661.4 million is a low 19.5% of its market cap. The company expects to report cash flow of $0.83 a share in 2013. It trades at 43.0 times that estimate. However, its cash flow could rise as high as $3.16 a share in 2014, as it completes the gathering facilities and pipelines needed to bring its recent gas discoveries to market. The stock trades at 11.3 times that estimate. Paramount doesn’t pay…