Topic: How To Invest

Q: Pat: I would like to thank you for all of the excellent advice over the years. I’d also appreciate your thoughts on a company: Canacol Energy (CNE) listed on the TSX. Thanks.

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A: Canacol Energy, $4.20, symbol CNE on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 175.8 million; Market cap: $731.9 million; www.canocolenergy.com), is a Calgary-based oil and natural gas production and exploration company with operations focused in Colombia and Ecuador. Its output is 20% oil and 80% gas. The company was initially incorporated as a private company in early 2008 with assets in Colombia and Guyana. Through a reverse takeover (the acquisition of a public company by a smaller private one) of BrazAlta Resources in October 2008, the company acquired its listing on Toronto. Following the transaction, Canacol expanded its position in Colombia. In the quarter ended September 30, 2017, Canacol’s cash flow fell 38.6%, to $18.9 million, or $0.11 a share, from $30.7 million, or $0.18 a share, a year earlier. (All figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars.) The decline came from lower natural gas prices as well as lower production. Production fell 11.0%, to 16,587 barrels of oil equivalent per day from…