Topic: How To Invest

Hi Pat: I would like advice on Long Run Exploration. Enjoy your day.

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Long Run Exploration Ltd., $5.64, symbol LRE on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 149.6 million; Market cap: $860.1 million; www.longrunexploration.com), produces oil and natural gas in Alberta. Its output is 56% oil and 44% gas. In the three months ended March 31, 2014, Long Run produced 25,613 barrels of oil equivalent per day, up 8.5% from 23,611 barrels a year earlier. Cash flow per share jumped 43.6%, to $0.56 from $0.39. Higher production and oil prices were behind the increase. Long Run continues to grow by acquisition—it just announced the purchase of Crocotta Energy (Toronto symbol CTA) for $357 million. That deal will add about 7,500 barrels a day to Long Run’s output. The Crocotta acquisition follows Long Run’s $225-million purchase of natural gas assets in Alberta from Crew Energy (Toronto symbol CR) in April 2014. This move added around 7,000 barrels per day of production. The stock trades at 2.7 times this year’s forecast cash flow of $2.07 a share. The company pays a monthly…