I mentioned in the earlier post from this morning that I may have put $3000 into my small cap names which I have discussed since starting this blog back in October. I checked the total and it was a few hundred over 4 thousand dollars. Whatever, since I enjoy investing in these small companies, I have decided to take the total up to $10,000 over the next several months using my cash flow. This may keep me out of trouble and even prove to be worthwhile. So, this effort will consume a lot of time and eat up a good chunk of my excess cash flow. I am running out of companies that are not dependent on a good economy to be successful. So, I am going to broaden my scope, starting today.
Today I bought 50 shares of Gulfport Energy (GPOR) at 4.2. This is a small E & P oil and gas company that has assets along the Louisiana Gulf coast and in the Permian Basin in West Texas. GPOR also has a 25% interest in the Grizzly Oil Sands project in Canada. The company has about 95 million in debt as of 9/30/08. GPOR: Balance Sheet Forward P/E is less than 6 but that will be highly dependent on prices for oil and gas of course for the remainder of 2009. Price to book is .53. The company recently realized a 39 million dollar gain by liquidating its hedges for 2009. The proceeds are earmarked for general corporate purposes which may include paying down its credit facility. For the last quarter, the company had 36.9 million in revenues and a profit of 14.1 million or $.33 a share. As you would expect, hurricanes can be a problem. The company has loaned money to fund the Grizzly Oil Sands project, over 9 million as of 930/09 ( page 10 of recent 10-Q: Form 10-Q) Its credit facility is secured and is up for renewal in 2010 (page 11) I do not have access to any decent reports. The market cap at the current price of 4.2 is around 179 million.
I have no recollection of why I originally put this security on my small cap monitor list. I bought it today because it appears to be viable even after a severe downturn in oil and gas prices. The share price has declined from a high of around 16 in June 2008 to a fairly steady 4 and change over the past few months. There is upside potential with a resumed uptrend in oil and natural gas prices but no one knows when that might happen.
I also initiated a position in SLGPRC by just buying 30 shares in an IRA at 11.89 this morning. If it goes down, I will add it to a Roth conversion later this year. Oddly, and there are a variety of reasons to explain the phenomenon, my retirement accounts are near break even since November 2007. At 11.89, the yield on this cumulative preferred of S L Green is close to 16%. This issue is cumulative with a $25 par value, a 7.625% coupon, and no maturity of course. I have discussed this REIT in several prior posts.
A link to the prospectus for SLGPRC is as follows: www.sec.gov
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