Shares of IMAX were weak after the company reported Q1/12 results that were generally inline with expectations.
For the quarter the company reported EPS of $0.06, The primary driver of the quarter was the markedly strong box office performance in Q1/12.
The total box office was up 95% year over year to $121.7 million. During the quarter, IMAX also completed eight new systems sales. The commercial screen count grew 32% year over year to 510, with the company having another 263 systems are in backlog.
An analyst with Canaccord believes IMAX is heading into a period of very high earningsgrowth and is projecting 70% year over year growth in EBITDA in Q2/12 and over 100% in H2/12.
Judging by the early returns in April and the upcoming slate through May and June, Galappatthige’s box office projection of $150 million for Q2/12 looks quite achievable. IMAX indicated that gross IMAX box office to-date in Q2 is up roughly 500% year over year.
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Q1 preview: looking at Luverne; maintain BUY, $16.00 target
Recommendation
We maintain our BUY rating as Gevo appears poised to meet its isobutanol startup milestones at Luverne and EBITDA breakeven looks to be feasible with just two plants. We find the opportunity compelling while acknowledging the speculative risk profile and Butamax litigation.
Highlights
Gevo will report Q1/12 results on May 1 after the close (call at 4:30pm ET). We model revs/EPS at $16.2M/$(0.55) vs. consensus at $15.8M/$(0.59). As noted previously, we find financial results to be less meaningful than progress vs. key milestones.
Milestone focus remains on the Luverne plant’s transition from ethanol to isobutanol production. Our model currently assumes a sharp Q2 transition and Q3 ramp – assumptions that may need to be smoothed in H2/12 depending on the pace of commercialization.
On the litigation front, we expect to hear an update on Butamax, ahead of the expected injunction ruling (expected any day).
The balance sheet remains in good shape near term (~$94.2M cash as of Q4/11), with additional financing likely a priority in H1/12 ($150M shelf outstanding) to execute the growth strategy across products and partners.
Valuation
We derive our $16 target by applying a 6.7x EV/EBITDA multiple to our ’14 EBITDA estimate of $75.9M, discounted back two years at 20%.
Recommendation $48 target ahead of ROVI’s Q1/12 results.
We continue to believe that ROVI is well-positioned to benefit from current OTT trends and remain confident that numerous growth opportunities not reflected in ROVI’s current valuation exist in 2012 and beyond.
Highlights
The combination of additional segmented data and our industry checkssupports our thesis that ROVI remains a growth company in a growth market cycle.
Macro trends around connected-TV proliferation remain strong, providing ample opportunities for new and expanded agreements.
We believe the recent stock underperformance is related to post-debt raise fears of another acquisition. We adjust our estimates to reflect the additional $500M in debt.
ROVI is scheduled to report its Q1/12 result on May 3 after the market close.
Valuation
Our $48 target price reflects a 16x forward P/E multiple on our unchanged 2013 pro forma EPS estimate of $3.00. We believe that ROVI’s core businesses remain strong. BUY
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Company News Release April 30
NOTE : This is part of the release – see the company website for the full release . Four analysts have a ” buy ” recommendation on the stock.
New Zealand Energy Announces 2011 Year-End and Fourth Quarter Results and 2011 Year-End Reserves Estimate
FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the year ended For the year ended December 31, 2011 December 31, 2010 $ $ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production 11,623 bbl Nil Sales 9,567 bbl Nil ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Price 106.83 $/bbl Nil Production costs 23.44 $/bbl Nil Royalties 4.96 $/bbl Nil Net revenue 78.43 $/bbl Nil ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenue $ 974,517 $ Nil Total comprehensive loss (6,655,829) (10,338,136) Interest income 119,583 Nil Loss per share - basic and diluted (0.08) (0.24) Current assets 19,293,345 6,229,650 Total assets 31,152,804 6,301,322 Total liabilities 1,383,376 371,958 Shareholders' equity $ 29,769,428 $ 5,929,364 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
OnApril 24, 2012, NZEC entered into a drilling agreement withEnsign International Energy Services Pty Ltd(“Ensign”) pursuant to which Ensign has committed to drill three exploration wells for NZEC, with the option for up to five additional wells, in the second half of 2012.
OnApril 1, 2012, NZEC commenced continuous production from its Copper Moki-2 well. Copper Moki-2 flowed 14,825 barrels of oil and 15,352 thousand cubic feet (“Mcf”) of natural gas(1) during a 16-day flow test in February and was subsequently shut-in for pressure build-up before commencing production in April. The well is currently producing from natural reservoir pressure out of the Mt. Messenger formation at an average rate of 581 barrels of oil per day (“bbl/d”) and 1,530 Mcf of natural gas(1) per day (“Mcf/d”) through a 24/64th inch choke.
NZEC has drilled five exploration wells in theTaranaki Basin, one on the Alton Permit and four from the Copper Moki pad on the Eltham Permit. Copper Moki-1 and Copper Moki-2 are currently in production. Copper Moki-3 and Copper Moki-4 will be completed and tested in Q2-2012.
Production
NZEC’s Copper Moki-1 well has been flowing from natural reservoir pressure sinceDecember 10, 2011and has produced more than 67,000 barrels of oil since it was first tested inAugust 2011. Production rates have averaged 424 bbl/d and 1,058 Mcf/d(1) since commencing continuous production inDecember 2011. Over the last 30 production days, Copper Moki-1 has produced at an average rate of 309 bbl/d and 1,205 Mcf/d(1) through a 24/64th inch choke.
Copper Moki-2 flowed 14,825 barrels of oil and 15,352 Mcf of natural gas(1) during a 16-day flow test in February and was subsequently shut-in for pressure build-up. NZEC initiated continuous production from Copper Moki-2 onApril 1, 2012. The well is currently producing from natural reservoir pressure out of the Mt. Messenger formation at an average rate of 581 bbl/d and 1,530 Mcf/d(1) through a 24/64th inch choke.
Natural gas and associated natural gas liquids are being flared until the Corporation completes a 2.6-km pipeline and associated production and sales agreements, with the pipeline scheduled for completion by the end of Q2-2012.
Exploration
Copper Moki-3 reached target depth at 3,167 metres in mid-March and is the Corporation’s first well drilled through to NZEC’s deeper exploration target, the Moki formation. After evaluation, the Corporation identified 12 metres of net pay within the Mt. Messenger formation and 15 metres of net pay within the Moki formation. NZEC brought a service rig to site and commenced completion of Copper Moki-3 onApril 25, 2012.
Copper Moki-4 reached target depth of 2,125 metres onApril 10, 2012. After evaluation, the Corporation has decided to perforate and test both the Urenui and Mt. Messenger formations, and will commence completion activities after perforating the Moki formation in Copper Moki-3.
East Coast Basin
The East Coast BasinofNew Zealand’sNorth Islandhosts two highly prospective shale formations, the Waipawa and Whangai, which are the source of more than 300 oil and gas seeps. Within theEast Coast Basin, the following PEPs have been, or are in the process of being, acquired:
In Part
NZEC will complete and test Copper Moki-4 once the service rig has finished completion operations with respect to the Moki formation of Copper Moki-3. If successful, both wells will be tied into the existing production facilities at the Copper Moki pad.
NZEC will shortly begin construction of an approximately 2.6-km natural gas pipeline that will deliver natural gas from the Copper Moki site to a gas production facility. The pipeline is targeted for completion at the end of Q2-2012. NZEC is currently producing approximately 2,630 Mcf/d(1) of natural gas.
NZEC has identified six prospects on 3D seismic similar to Copper Moki, with the expectation of establishing one pad per prospect with two to four wells per pad. NZEC has also identified 12 leads on 2D seismic that will be further defined with the ongoing 3D seismic survey.
With a fully-funded treasury, NZEC is evaluating opportunities to accelerate its exploration program, including drilling additional wells which may target the deeper Tikorangi and Kapuni formations. While previous guidance was for six wells in theTaranaki Basin, NZEC has entered into a rig contract to drill up to eight wells in the second half of 2012. NZEC also has the ability to move quickly should the team identify a strategic acquisition, partnership or farm-in opportunity.
NZEC is completing a 100-km2 3D seismic program over the northern region of the Eltham andAltonpermits. Preparation for the seismic survey is nearly complete and NZEC intends to initiate the 30-day data acquisition process in early May. Following data acquisition, NZEC’s technical team will take approximately four months to process and interpret the data and integrate the information into its technical database. The 3D seismic survey will further define existing targets and reduce drilling risk while potentially identifying new exploration targets and expanding NZEC’s inventory locations for its 2013 exploration program.
MEG proved our thesis Thursday that it (along with other heavy oil producers) was poised for a strong rebound, albeit we didn’t expect such strength for MEG in one day.
The company continues to display its strong operations and low cost structure; which was evident in its Q1/12 results as MEG achieved thethird highest netback quarter in its history (~$39/bbl), despite wide heavy oil differentials. With the WCS/WTI price difference narrowing (~15% of WTI), Q1/12 results behind us, and possible organic production upside potential through operational enhancements, (which could yield upside to Street estimates), we believe the stock can continue with its upward trend. .
Christina Lake 2B scheduled to add at least 140% to MEG’s notional productive capacity. The construction of the 35 MBbl/d phase is progressing and on schedule for start up in 2013. MEG will look to drive efficiency initiatives to push the production envelope beyond initial design capacity, similar to the 20% exceeded in Phases 1 and 2. Such results would imply that Phase 2B could produce close to 42 MBbl/d, which on that basis alone would mean a 5% increase to our estimated NAV for the MEG vs. only the 35 MBbl/d design capacity.
MEG’s non-condensable gas and infill well pilots exhibit potential for even further production upside. The company tested non-condensable gas on three well pairs and saw a 25% reduction in steam requirements (vs. the anticipated 10-15% seen before), thus providing the opportunity to re-deploy the steam elsewhere (in this case likely to infill wells).
The two infill wells at Christina Lake achieved production of ~400 Bbl/d each with a cumulative SOR of ~ 1.0x at the end of March. MEG is looking at the possibility of implementing these initiatives across Phase 2B, which brings the possibility of even further upside to the 42 MBbl/dtheoretical production capacity we mentioned above. Assuming there will ultimately be one infill well per two of Phase 2B’s 42 SAGD wells, and each infill well is able to produce 200 Bbl/d, that would imply an incremental 4.2 MBbl/d of production, or another 12% increase to the design capacity.
TARGET PRICE $56
$56 target is based on 1.2x our estimated risked NAV. The premium multiple reflects the top-tier asset and operatorship, potential operational upside and the relative premium the market places on the company. Shares are currently trading at $1.28/estimated recoverable bitumen
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ATNA RESOURCES (T-ATN) $1.17 +0.09
BELO SUN MINING (T-BSX) $1.06 +0.06
SILVERCREST MINES (V-SVL) $2.29 +0.12
” Sell in February and run for the nearest bomb shelter” . It has been a truly ugly last couple of weeks where we have seen some absolutely enormous sell offs.
Now volumes remain light, but one wonders if we aren’t seeing some bottoms…or maybe we are just being too hopeful. As far as the precious metal sector, there’s three stories :
As far as what is going on with gold right now,Silver is down 35%, the senior mining indices 25%, juniors 46% while gold is up 5%. The relative strength of the mining shares to the gold bullion price is at extremes only seen five times in the past one hundred years. This is clearly an attractive time to be accumulating positions.”
The weekly charts of the mining indices are producing the most oversold readings since November 2008. The first week with a higher close would indicate that the downside momentum has come to an end. While there could be a re-test of support as experienced in 2008, we’ll look for the 50-week exponential averages to provide the first significant resistance.
“Following the breakout of the descending triangle, Gold bullion has flirted four times with the 61.8% support (1625) of the December through February rally. A close through $1690 on expanding volume would suggest that a base in nicely in place.”
Meanwhile, look at the charts folks. As we’ve mentioned, those are horrendous corrections for stocks from Atna Resources and SilverCrest Mines.
Atna Resources
On the Atna story, analyst – We believe Atna has the potential to expand its Au production from 33,000 oz per year to over 150,000 oz per year by 2014, based largely on its ability to fast track the Pinson Gold project to production. We continue to model Pinson production ramping up from 47,000 oz Au in 2013 to 87,000 oz Au in 2014, averaging 82,000 oz LOM.”
“We expect relatively low capital requirements to expand production at the Atna operations. As such, we expect low capital risk and significant free cash flow as Briggs expands in mine life, and Pinson advances to production in H1/13.”
Belo Sun, just announced new resource numbers and there simply aren’t that many good five million ounce gold deposits around. He suggests it is in an excellent location in Brazil, feasibility study to come, potential for many more ounces to be added and it remains a top pick.
SilverCrest Mines
Once again, ugliness. Dropping from nicely over $3.00 to $2.00.
On April 20th, SilverCrest announced updates on Q1 production and analyst
“SilverCrest reported Q1 production of 134,528 ounces of silver and 9,405 ounces of gold, significantly outperforming our forecast for production of 107,814 ounces of silver and 7,444 ounces of gold.
“SilverCrest re-iterated its guidance for production of 435,000 ounces of silver and 33,000 ounces of gold in 2013. We believe that the company
is being conservative. We forecast production of 35,000 ounces of gold and 605,000 ounces of silver.”
The start of better times- we wonder – what do you think ?
Watson Pharmaceuticals announced plans to acquire Actavis consistent with the steady stream of press reports that had Street focus on accretion potential. Canaccord Analyst notes that the $5.6-billion purchase price (pre-earnouts) is consistent with press reports and pegs the deal at 2.2x TTM revenue and 13.8x TTM
EV/EBITDA – both below median and average deal prices in the space.
The deal is expected to close in Q4 of 2012. Stanicky’s 2013 to 2015 EPS estimates are $8.03, $9.59 and $10.47 implying annual non-GAAP accretion of 32%, 43% and 57%. This represents upside to his prior 2013 and 2014 EPS estimates of 19% and 22% and is materially above both buy-side and sell-side expectations even as some details were released in the Wall Street Journal and other press reports this week.
While he anticipated upside to his pro forma EPS, the magnitude is well above what he expected. With few large generic assets left, Stanicky believes Actavis fits well given strategic needs adding diversification and access to some high-growth markets that should be able to deliver organic double-digit growth off of more normalized EPS in 2015.
April 28 Apple update on Tablet Forecasts at end of this market article
Apple began talks earlier this year to stream films owned by EPIX, which is backed by three major movie studios, on devices including a long-anticipated TV, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations.
Apple, which now sells a US$99 set-top box that hooks up to a television set and lets users stream online content from Netflix and the MLB channel, opened discussions with three-year-old EPIX, created by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, MGM and Viacom’s Paramount Pictures.
One of the sources told Reuters that any discussions would apply to its set-top box and also to upcoming devices that stream content. Apple is widely expected to unveil a full-fledged TV product later this year or in early 2013 to drive its next phase of growth and potentially revolutionize the industry.
Apple has been stymied for much of the past year in securing marquee Hollywood content. Talks with EPIX are in the preliminary stages and no agreement is considered near, the source said.
The talks could be complicated by EPIX’s 2010 agreement with Netflix, which pays US$200-million a year for the rights to stream movies to its 23.4 million U.S. clients. That deal gives Netflix exclusive streaming rights to EPIX movies through September – before Apple is expected to trot out its planned TV set.
Apple declined to comment on what it called “speculation.” A Netflix spokesman had no immediate comment. An EPIX spokesman had no comment.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said in an April 23 conference call with analysts that the DVD and streaming service was in a “broad range of discussions” with EPIX about “how to operate most effectively for both of us.”
EPIX currently offers movies such as “Rango” and “The Lincoln Lawyer.” It will soon add “Thor” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” Netflix said in a letter to investors.
Apple has become the world’s most valuable corporation by dint of the popularity of its iPhone, which helped revolutionize the smartphone industry, and its more recent iPad.
Apple TV May Be the Mark for New CEO
With the death of visionary co-founder Steve Jobs, new CEO Tim Cook could take the company forward with a major new product, such as the much-speculated Apple TV.
Apple unsuccessfully tried last year to secure agreements with Hollywood studios for movies and TV shows that it could fashion into its own version of a TV service, according to studio executives who were contacted.
EPIX does not have agreements with larger cable operators like Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable or with satellite service DirecTV. It has contracts with the Dish satellite service, Cox Cable and other cable operators, it says on its website.
Shares in Netflix closed down 1.6% at US$83.74 on the Nasdaq. Apple, which snapped a two-week losing streak this week after better-than-expected results, finished off 0.8% at US$603.
Tablet Forecasts
As global demand for touchscreen tablets spreads from established to emerging markets and from living rooms into the boardrooms of the corporate world, Apple Inc.’s iPad appears well-positioned to maintain its lead into 2016, says a new report from Forrester Research.
Over the next five years, the global market for touchscreen tablets is expected to grow to 375 million devices sold in 2016, up from 56 million sold in 2011, bringing the total global tablet install base to more than 760 million.
Emerging markets are expected to account for up to 40% of all tablet sales in 2016.
Despite the growth of Google Inc.’s Android software and the introduction of tablets running Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 8 software later this year, Apple’s iPad is expected to account for 53% of the global tablet install base in 2016.
Drilling inventory surges; remains top gas-weighted idea
Thesis
Following minor model refinements. Cabot’s capital productivity is almost twice
the peer average (EQT, RRC, SWN and UPL). Our ’13 estimates clearly
demonstrate the power of the company’s productivity. Next year, we believe
Cabot should generate almost 4x the production growth while spending almost
40% less than cash flow as the peers spend ~30% beyond cash flow. Accordingly,
we see ~40% upside to COG shares even in a long-term $4 gas price environment
while EQT, RRC, SWN and UPL have ~30% downside potential in this bear-case
scenario.
Highlights
Marcellus locations increase ~50%: Five Marcellus wells seven miles east of the nearest production averaged 15+ Mmcfepd over the first 20 days. This iscomparable to ’10/’11 Marcellus wells and suggests a well recovery of ~11 Bcfe in our view. Our estimate of remaining core Marcellus locations rose ~400 to ~1,300, which represents a 15+ year drilling inventory at the ’12E
pace. These estimates are predicated on 100-acre spacing.
Cabot is testing 50-acre spacing.
Eagle Ford locations double: Two recent Eagle Ford downspacing tests (55-
acre spacing) each commenced at almost 800 Boepd, in line with prior results
and implying a recovery of ~400 Mboe.Our estimate of remaining Eagle Ford
locations doubled to ~400, which represents ~15 years of drilling inventory at
the ’12E pace.
Long laterals improve productivity: Two long lateral Marcellus wells should
each recover ~17 Bcfe for $7+ million. These relationships imply an
improvement in capital productivity from ’11 levels.
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