Topic: How To Invest

Pat: I’m requesting your opinion on two stocks: Cequence Energy and Whitecap Resources. Thanks.

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Cequence Energy, $1.77, symbol CQE on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 191.8 million; Market cap: $339.5 million; www.cequence-energy.com), explores for and produces oil and natural gas in Alberta and B.C. Gas makes up 87% of its daily output; the remaining 13% is oil. In the three months ended June 30, 2012, Cequence’s average daily output fell 5.1%, to 8,660 barrels of oil equivalent (including gas) from 9,125 barrels a year earlier. The company slowed production by 600 barrels per day due to low gas prices, and temporary disruptions cut its output by a further 1,300 barrels per day. The production drop and lower natural gas prices pushed down Cequence’s cash flow to $0.03 a share from $0.08. The company’s debt of $40.2 million is a low 11.8% of its market cap. Cequence trades at a relatively high 14.8 times its forecast 2012 cash flow of $0.12 a share, and 9.3 times its 2013 forecast cash flow of $0.19 a share. Cequence needs improved gas prices to…