27% profit every 20 days?
This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.
Several major Wall Street firms have weighed in on exploration and production (E&P) stocks this week. The majority of E&P stocks are now priced at only a fraction of where they were just a year ago.
For some companies, current share prices offer a great investment opportunity for a long-term recovery. For other companies, liquidity issues and other concerns could mean that the worst is yet to come.
Here’s a summary of what these three firms had to say about which E&P names investors should be buying now.
Northland Capital Markets
Northland is expecting increased volatility in the E&P space surrounding Friday’s OPEC meeting. Northland has an Outperform rating on the following names:
Bellatrix Exploration Ltd (NASDAQ: BXE)
Bonanza Creek Energy Inc (NASDAQ: BCEI)
Callon Petroleum Co (NASDAQ: CPE)
Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ: CRZO)
Diamondback Energy Inc (NASDAQ: FANG)
Earthstone Energy Inc (NASDAQ: ESTE)
EP Energy Corp (NASDAQ: EPE)
Evolution Petroleum Corp (NASDAQ: EPM)
Gulfport Energy Corp (NASDAQ: GPOR)
Matador Resources Co (NASDAQ: MTDR)
Midstates Petroleum Company Inc (NASDAQ: MPO)
Osage Exploration and Development Inc (NASDAQ: OEDV)
Parsley Energy Inc (NASDAQ: PE)
Rex Energy Corp (NASDAQ: REXX)
Ring Energy Inc (NASDAQ: REI)
RSP Permian Inc (NASDAQ: RSPP)
Sanchez Energy Corp (NASDAQ: SN)
Synergy Resources Corp (NASDAQ: SYRG)
Viper Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ: VNOM)
Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse remains a buyer of E&Ps with high-quality assets and strong balance sheets. Credit Suisse has Outperform ratings on the following stocks:
Antero Resources Copr (NASDAQ: AR)
PDC Energy (NASDAQ: PDCE)
Penn Virginia Corp (NASDAQ: PVA)
Range Resources (NASDAQ: RRC)
Bonanza Creek Energy
Diamondback Energy
Gulfport Energy
Sanchez Energy
BMO Capital Markets
BMO sees leverage, rather than liquidity, as the key issue for many E&Ps moving forward. BMO has Outperform ratings on the following E&P stocks:
Rice Energy Inc (NYSE: RICE)
Memorial Resource Development Corp (NASDAQ: MRD)
SM Energy Co (NYSE: SM)
Matador Resources Co (NYSE: MTDR)
Bonanza Creek Energy
PDC Energy
Carrizo Oil & Gas
27% profit every 20 days?
This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.
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