| HOLD | 10.550 | Ben Cheng | Had experienced some difficulties with their mergers. Hasn't been an issue recently and thinks they are finally through that. Feels people will be positively surprised at their production over the next couple of quarters. 14.5% yield. | 2008-09-24 | |
| BUY | 10.180 | Ken McCord | Just acquired Athlone Energy (ATH-X), which increased gas and oil production significantly. Trading at 6X forward earnings. Yield of about 15%. | 2008-09-18 | |
| BUY | 10.300 | Lyle Stein | 15.25% yield. Thinks distribution is safe. Good entry point. | 2008-09-09 | |
| DON'T BUY | 12.240 | John Stephenson | (Market Call Minute.) Not a particularly good record of meeting guidance. | 2008-08-22 | |
| HOLD | 12.050 | Sandy McIntyre | Gas weighted. Acquired Sequoia in 2006 and management has done a very good job in re-positioning. | 2008-08-15 | |
| BUY | 12.580 | Michael Simpson, CFA | Has gone through a good transformation. New management team is focused on a sustainable business model. Very low payout ratio. | 2008-08-13 | |
| HOLD | 12.650 | Ben Cheng | Great trust to own. He expects a further increase in distributions. They are very conservative with their cash. Possible takeover by Barrick (ABX-T). | 2008-08-07 | |
| TOP PICK | 12.040 | Joanne A. Hruska, CFA | Trading at 4 times cash flow, a lot less than the average, plus 12% yield. Uses multi-stage Fracs. Have drilled two wells, have 25 follow up locations. It’ll keep going up. | 2008-06-23 | |
| SELL | 11.890 | John Stephenson | (Market Call Minute.) Small. Balance sheet problems. Going nowhere. | 2008-06-16 | |
| Comment | 11.120 | Bruce Campbell | A growthy trust. His preference is Crescent Point Energy (CPG.UN-T). | 2008-05-26 | |
| TOP PICK | 9.850 | Michael Decter | Weighted to natural gas. Pays about 12% and he thinks their distributions are absolutely safe. Strong management. | 2008-04-16 | |
| HOLD | 9.390 | Joanne A. Hruska, CFA | This will be another of the trusts that once the tide turns, the stock will move out. Strong assets strong management. | 2008-04-14 | |
| TOP PICK | 8.510 | Michael Decter | 55% gas. Has done some hedging. Natural gas prices is his reason for liking this. They were down around $5/$5.50 and now at around $8.50 and staying above $8.00. The drilling rig counts are way off and drilling is way off and very high decline rates. LNG miracle is not materializing. Looking for higher natural gas prices and this is a good way to play it. | 2008-02-11 | |
| BUY | 7.240 | Michael Simpson, CFA | (Market Call Minute.) Beaten up in December. Has a bit higher debt level than it should, but very cheap compared to its peers. | 2008-01-22 | |
| SELL | 6.540 | Kevin Hall BComm, CFA | One of the more quality oil/gas trusts. Cut their distribution early this year. Probably trades at a healthy discount to its NAV but is probably cheap for a reason. Wouldn't count on too much of a premium if it gets taken out. Would move on to a better trust. | 2007-12-04 | |
| DON'T BUY | 7.510 | Sandy McIntyre | Like all oil/gas trusts, this is affected by commodity prices and currency. This has natural gas exposure. Reduced their distribution recently. Have some debt that needs to be refinanced. Very impressed with management and it's on his Watch list. Not impressed with the financial structure. | 2007-08-13 | |
| Comment | 8.060 | John Stephenson | Gas weighted. 14.4% yield. Had a distribution cut. The problem with these companies is that the commodity price is weak, costs are higher and there is the tax overhang coming in a few years. | 2007-08-08 | |
| Comment | 10.240 | Michael Simpson, CFA | Natural gas. Has a history of not meeting its production. New management team is very qualified. Debt levels are a bit above average. Have reduced their payout ratio. Wants to check out their asset base before considering. | 2007-07-04 | |
| HOLD | 11.070 | John Stephenson | It's had a few disappointments, but things are settling down now. | 2007-06-06 | |
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| Comment | 10.300 | Sandy McIntyre | Would use for torque in his portfolio. If he were bullish on commodities, this would go in because of its more aggressive style giving better upside. | 2007-04-13 | |
| Comment | 9.790 | Glenn MacNeill, P.Eng. | A good second tier name. Reasonable volume. Debt is higher than what he would like, but not outrageous. | 2007-04-04 | |
| DON'T BUY | 10.500 | Glenn MacNeill, P.Eng. | Had some production drops in its profile which ahs been very disappointing. Debt levels are somewhat high. | 2006-11-10 | |
| DON'T BUY | 11.580 | Dean Orrico | Merged with Sequoia (SQE.UN-T). He would be very cautious about this one. Relatively high payout ratio. Gas weighted. Relatively low reserve life. | 2006-10-06 | |
| DON'T BUY | 11.020 | John Stephenson | A gas weighted trust. Has had some production misses as well as some earnings misses. | 2006-08-21 | |
| DON'T BUY | 10.800 | Sandy McIntyre | Merging with Sequoia Oil & Gas (SQE.UN-T). Not comfortable with the merger and would prefer to see them what the way from it. | 2006-07-28 | |
| SELL | 9.950 | Ravi Sood | Shares have performed far worse than the actual underlying business. Have been contaminated by their merger with Sequoia Trust. Expect further negative developments with Sequoia. | 2006-07-21 | |
| DON'T BUY | 10.740 | Bruce Hartman | Merging with Sequoia Oil & Gas Trust and will be known as Evergreen Energy Trust. It looked like a good deal at the beginning but terms have been changed because of production problems. That is disquieting. | 2006-07-14 | |
| SELL | 11.050 | John Stephenson | Gas weighted. Would not be a name he would hold. Have had some problems with production misses. Not a very high reserve life. Would lighten up on it anytime there is an increase in the pricing. | 2006-06-28 | |
| DON'T BUY | 11.160 | Glenn MacNeill, P.Eng. | Merged with Sequoia Oil & Gas Trust (SQE.UN-T). This will give them economies of scale, technical people being able to concentrate on the valuable assets. Not a favourite trust of his. Assets are not as good as other companies. | 2006-06-16 | |
| BUY | 12.880 | Greg Guichon | In the process of merging with Sequoia (SQE.UN-T) and will become a much bigger trust. Expects they will go for a US listing which probably would result in an uptick. | 2006-04-28 | |
| VAGUE | 11.210 | Sandy McIntyre | "When you look at the asset base, Daylight Energy Trust has a lower quality dirty barrel". Their pay out ratio and balance sheet are very acceptable. This expert owns as a small cap name. Not excited about it. | 2006-03-04 | |
| DON'T BUY | 11.490 | Robert Lauzon | His energy advisor sees the price point of natural gas being $6-6.50. This will hurt Daylight Energy and they will struggle. They may be looked as a take over target. | 2006-03-01 | |
| BUY | 12.240 | Glenn MacNeill, P.Eng. | Likes this one. Missed a couple of its quarters which concerns him. Has a reasonably low payout ratio. The yield is okay. Not the top tier, but a good second-tier performer. | 2006-01-18 | |
| BUY | 13.020 | Sandy McIntyre | Payout ratio of about 39% with a yield of around 13%. Oil/gas trusts weakened substantially in late Oct. early Dec. | 2005-12-16 | |
| BUY | 12.980 | Glenn MacNeill, P.Eng. | Trading slightly undervalued. Represents very good value. Looks like they can get some production growth over the next year. | 2005-11-30 | |
| HOLD | 10.250 | Glenn MacNeill, P.Eng. | Probably in the middle of the pack. Not a screaming buy, but not a screamimg sell. A good hold. Pays a decent return. Spends 100% of its cash flow on distributions and capX. Good management team. | 2005-07-08 | |
| WEAK BUY | 9.730 | Glenn MacNeill, P.Eng. | They practice a sustainability model. Was a trust out of a company called Midnight Oil (MOX-T) Assets not as high quality as some other trusts. Well managed. Missed their last quarter's cash flow numbers. Doing a review on them to see if this trend is going to continue. | 2005-04-29 | |
Experts that have talked about Daylight Energy Trust