Based on the aggregated intelligence of 150,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, small-cap oil and natural gas producer ATP Oil & Gas (NYSE: ATPG ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at ATP's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
ATP facts
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Headquarters (Founded) |
Houston (1991) |
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Market Cap |
$855.4 million |
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Industry |
Oil and gas exploration and production |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$272.8 million |
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Management |
Founder/CEO T. Paul Bulmahn |
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Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) |
17.5% |
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Cash / Debt |
$317.1 million / $1.3 billion |
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Competitors |
Stone Energy (NYSE: SGY ) |
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Other Highly Rated Oil and Gas Stocks |
ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM ) |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 848 members who have rated ATP believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include CanadaDreamer and All-Star mrindependent, who is ranked in the top 1% of our community.
Late last month, CanadaDreamer brought the stock's powerful catalyst to our community's attention:
[ATP] trades at significant discount to sector averages and peer group metrics. Debt is an issue, but should be quickly resolved once cash flow from Telemark begins in Q1. Once the market is comfortable with production rates and cash flows, [ATP] will see a significant rerating.
In a pitch from two days ago, mrindependent echoes that enthusiasm. Here's an excerpt:
Some highlights of the February 2 press release include the company’s prediction that production will DOUBLE in 2010 and the company’s statement that the reserve replacement ratio for 2009 was 376%. Wow! ... The company’s presentations explain how the company is different from other oil and gas producers in two significant ways: (1) the company only acquires properties with proven reserves, which leads to a 98% drilling success rate and (2) the company organizes its drilling process in “hubs”. By using hubs, the company is able to achieve better economics and growth. ... Although long-term debt is high at $1.2 billion, there is no solvency concern because the company has wonderful profitability expectations and $317 million of cash on hand.
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Report this Comment On February 25, 2010, at 9:55 PM, ValuePEG wrote:
Doubling production in 2010 should actually be very easy for ATP, as that is actually the minimum goal of the company. In 2009 average production was ~16.5MBoe/d, at present it is ~18MBoe/d, in approximately 1 month the first of for wells at their new deepwater oil platform goes into production. Recently they flow tested that well at 10.7MBoe/d or almost 65% of their 2009 average rate. In their last presentation they are giving guidance of near 50MBoe/d as the exit rate for 2010.
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9M...
For anyone who wishes to do more research here is an excellent summary of their operations, both historic and present:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/187252-atp-oil-and-gas-under...
And here is a Q & A session with their CFO & COO from last week:
http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=28320127
Report this Comment On February 25, 2010, at 9:56 PM, ValuePEG wrote:
Doubling production in 2010 should actually be very easy for ATP, as that is actually the minimum goal of the company. In 2009 average production was ~16.5MBoe/d, at present it is ~18MBoe/d, in approximately 1 month the first of for wells at their new deepwater oil platform goes into production. Recently they flow tested that well at 10.7MBoe/d or almost 65% of their 2009 average rate. In their last presentation they are giving guidance of near 50MBoe/d as the exit rate for 2010.
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9M...
For anyone who wishes to do more research here is an excellent summary of their operations, both historic and present:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/187252-atp-oil-and-gas-under...
And here is a Q & A session with their CFO & COO from last week:
http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=28320127
Full disclosure: Long ATPG
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