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Pat: What do you think of Baytex Energy?

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Baytex Energy, $54.91, symbol BTE on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 112.3 million; Market cap: $6.2 billion), produces and explores for oil and natural gas in western Canada. The company converted from an income trust to a corporation at the start of this year. In the three months ended September 30, 2010, Baytex’s cash flow per share rose 21.7%, to $1.01 from $0.83 from a year earlier. Revenue rose 14.5%, to $238.3 million from $208.2 million. Baytex’s average daily production rose 5.1%, to 44,799 barrels of oil equivalent (this measure includes natural gas) from 42,623 barrels. The company’s production is weighted 80% to oil (65% heavy oil from the Alberta oil sands and 15% light oil) and 20% to natural gas. The company’s $464.6 million of debt is a low 7.6% of its market cap Baytex trades at 11.6 times its forecast annual 2011 cash flow of $4.72 a share. The shares yield 4.4%. Baytex just bought heavy-oil assets located in the Seal area of…