Topic: How To Invest

Hi Pat: Can I have your view on Tourmaline Oil and Whitecap Resources? Thanks.

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Tourmaline Oil, $56.78, symbol TOU on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 199.9 million; Market cap: $11.5 billion; www.tourmalineoil.com), has identified over 7,200 oil and gas drilling locations in Western Canada and has the funds for exploration. That should let it keep raising its production. Tourmaline’s daily output averaged a record 111,200 barrels of oil equivalent (including natural gas) in the first quarter of 2014, up 49.4% from 68,636 a year earlier. Cash flow per share doubled, to $1.28 from $0.64, mostly due to higher gas prices. About 85% of Tourmaline’s output is natural gas. The company continues to benefit from higher gas prices, while its steadily rising production pushes up its share price. The stock trades at 8.7 times this year’s forecast cash flow of $6.56 a share. Tourmaline is okay for aggressive investors to hold. A: Whitecap Resources, $16.52, symbol WCP on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 244.6 million; Market cap: $4.1 billion; www.wcap.ca), produces and explores for oil and natural gas in Western Canada. Oil makes up…