Devon Energy: Oops!… I Did It Again

By Paul Sankey Published on July 9, 2024 at 9:27 AM

Devon buys GME! Gamestop? No, Grayson Mills Energy. To be clear, we like Devon management, we don’t like their strategy. We laid out a carefully considered roadmap for Devon in our February 11th note: “Stop! Unleash the FANG Within” whereby Devon should essentially dispose of everything outside the Permian, focus on its decent Permian position (the FANG within), and massively buy back stock, driving the multiple higher. That would leave them in the position to …

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US E&P M&A: Gobbler’s Knob – Again

By Paul Sankey Published on June 1, 2024 at 12:27 PM

“That must mean we’re up here at Gobbler’s Knob, waiting for the forecast from the world’s most famous weatherman, Punxsutawney Phil.” Phil Connors (Bill Murray), Groundhog Day (1993) We are back to writing about E&P M&A … again. Our conclusions are broadly unchanged: Big companies are being incentivized by the market to take over the small, but with an evolution on the margin that finds asset quality now of equal importance to valuation; we are …

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CVX-Hess Feedback? Pushback.

By Paul Sankey Published on May 23, 2024 at 9:48 AM

This evening 4pm – Strategy Session Greg Bordelon on “Model Portfolio” featuring Jim Mooney. Portfolio Manager Death Match, Greg Bordelon vs Jim Mooney. The two friends and former colleagues at Millennium will debate process and application in running money in the oil and oil adjacent sectors. Both fabulously smart, experienced, knowledgeable, I am really looking forward to what they have to say. Register here: Sankey Strategy Session | James Mooney – Interest Form ~ Feedback …

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