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.
- Shares of Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE: WLL) and Ultra Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: UPL) have lost over 30 percent since January 6.
- UBS analysts downgraded the ratings on both companies, while reducing their price targets
- A lower gas price outlook and high financial leverage are the main concern areas, the analysts noted.
Whiting Petroleum
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Analyst William Janela downgraded the rating for Whiting Petroleum from Buy to Neutral, while reducing the price target from $19 to $7.
While Whiting Petroleum is poised to benefit from an eventual oil price recovery, the absence of any near-term catalysts, lack of medium-term growth visibility and the company’s high debt load are expected to be reflected in the near-term stock valuation, Janela said.
The analyst believes that Whiting Petroleum will need to reduce its 2016 capex and production guidance to better align spending with discretionary cash flow. The capex forecast for 2016 has been reduced to $800 million, down 60 percent y/y and 20 percent below consensus.
“Under our lower capex forecasts, we estimate WLL still outspends discretionary cash flow by ~$100MM in 2016 at our price deck ($40/Bbl), pushing debt/EBITDX to ~5.3x, above the oily peer average of ~4.0x,” the UBS report mentioned.
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Janela believes that Whiting Petroleum’s relatively high debt burden limits its ability to quickly ramp activity and resume production momentum once the oil prices recover.
The CFPS estimates for 2016 and 2017 have been reduced from $5.00 to $3.35 and from $7.45 to $4.75, respectively.
Ulta Petroleum
Analyst William A. Featherston downgraded the rating for Ultra Petroleum from Neutral to Sell, while reducing the price target from $5 to $1.
Featherston believes that Ulta Petroleum will have to struggle to maintain a capital spending profile that is adequate to deliver attractive growth, given the company’s high financial leverage and the need to spend within its cash flows.
The analyst expects Ulta Petroleum’s leverage to remain high, forcing the company to opt for asset sales, equity issuance, refinancing and debt restructuring.
The CFPS estimates for 2016 and 2017 have been reduced from $2.70 to $1.15 and from $3.90 to $1.90, respectively.
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.