Updates on PENGROWTH ENERGY, LOBLAW COMPANIES and CENOVUS ENERGY

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PENGROWTH ENERGY $12.47 (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 303.2 million; Market cap: $4.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 6.7%; www.pengrowth.com) gets most of its oil from conventional sources with large reserves and predictable production rates. The company is also developing heavy-oil projects, particularly oil sands. Its biggest oil sands project is its Lindbergh property near Cold Lake, Alberta. Pengrowth estimates that Lindbergh’s reserves could equal 40% of the company’s current proven and probable reserves. Pengrowth expects to begin production in late 2013. Pengrowth is also developing its Bodo heavy-oil properties along the Alberta/Saskatchewan border. These wells could begin operating in late 2011. Pengrowth is a buy. LOBLAW COMPANIES $38.74 (Toronto symbol L; Shares outstanding: 277.9 million; Market cap: $10.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 2.2%; www.loblaw.ca) plans to keep more of its supermarkets open 24 hours a day, mainly in larger cities. Workers already clean and restock many of Loblaw’s stores overnight, so adding cashiers will add little extra cost. Moreover, this…