Capital One Southcoast Downgrades PetroQuest (PQ) to Neutral

October 15, 2009 10:42 AM EDT

Capital One Southcoast downgrades PetroQuest (NYSE: PQ) from Add to Neutral. Price target $8.

Capital analyst says, "We are increasing our target price by $1 to $8 based on better Woodford economics but lowering our rating to NEUTRAL based on valuation. We are increasing our estimate for new Woodford wells to ~4.3 Bcfe from 4.0 Bcfe, resulting in a $1 increase in our NAV...Shares have had a huge run: PQ shares are up 61% over the past month and +1,200% since the March low. At this point, we recommend that investors take some profits off the table. Of all our covered E&P companies, PQ is one of the most levered to changing natural gas prices. We currently use $6.50 long-term natural gas prices. At $7.00 long-term gas, our $8 NAV would increase to $11."

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PetroQuest Energy, Inc. operates as an independent oil and gas company.


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Chuck on Oct 15, 2009 12:30 PM

Due to the financial stability of PQ and the snap cold temperature in the Northeast I would strongly disagree with Capital One Southcoast downgrade of PQ.Why risk taking a 4 dollars off the table unless you are a broker looking to sell the stock you recomend only to recomend buying it later when the prices increases resulting in the broker making more money.Keep buying or let the stock sit and sell at 15


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