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Opinion on  St. Mary Land & Exploration Company (SM)     Sector: Energy  >  Industry: Oil & Gas Operations
Denver based E & P Company

Apr 16, 2008 07:20 AM GMT
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Return Risk
-4.44% MID
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This pick was brought to my attention by Renyu,so the credit goes to her for spotting it.

http://www.socialpicks.com/ideas/show/82403

from yahoo finance

St. Mary Land & Exploration Company and its subsidiaries engage in the exploration, exploitation, development, acquisition, and production of natural gas and crude oil in the United States. It primarily operates in the ArkLaTex, the Mid-Continent, the Gulf Coast, the Permian, and the Rocky Mountain regions. The ArkLaTex region comprises exploration activities on Cotton Valley and Travis Peak formations at Elm Grove and Terryville fields. The Mid-Continent region consists of operations in the Anadarko Basin of western Oklahoma, and the Atoka and Granite Wash formations. The Gulf Coast region comprises properties in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana abutting the Gulf of Mexico. The Permian Basin region covers a portion of western Texas and eastern New Mexico. The Rocky Mountain region includes the operations of Williston Basin in eastern Montana and western North Dakota. As of December 31, 2007, the company had estimated proved reserves of 78.8 million barrels of oil and 613.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas. St. Mary Land & Exploration Company was founded in 1908 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

PE 13.76 vs industry PE 21.52
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/co?s=SM
It is not a major holding of any ETF so it is not possible to get exposure through that route.

An article by Jon Marksman of msn money
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/SuperModels/Da...


Update 04/20:

dividend on May 12 2008 -0.05$/share

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080418/20080418005037.html?.v=1


SM:  This call was made on 04/16/08 @ $40.44
Rating:   Positive   $40.44 (04/16/08)
Gain/Loss:   -14.74% in 572 days
Allocation:   0.7% of portfolio


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Weiting Liu   50%     1 point   commented 572 days ago reply

Interesting. Thanks Renyu & Thomas!

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Thomas George    9 %     3 points   commented 572 days ago reply

You are welcome.Happy investing !


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