Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of July 8

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending July 8. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week                BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT): now $1.405 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.087. CBL Properties (CBL): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.075. CF Bankshares (CFBK): now $0.05 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.04.      Crescent Point Energy (CPG): now CAD 0.08 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.07. Dr. Reddy’s (RDY): now INR 30.00 per share annual dividend, was INR 25.00. Enterprise Products … Read more

2022 Oil & Gas Market Update: “The Outlook for Crude Oil Prices Remains Quite Bullish”

Transcript Hello, this is Callum Turcan, Associate Director of Research at Valuentum Securities. WTI and Brent have pulled back moderately from recent highs, though near-term futures remain just above $100 per barrel which is well above levels seen last year. As of early July, both WTI and Brent are in backwardation, meaning spot prices are trading at a higher price than later dated future contracts. In other words, the trajectory of future crude oil prices is expected to have a downward slope. Please note that backwardation does not mean that things are going to rapidly deteriorate for the global energy complex, as this dynamic is due to global oil inventories steadily declining over the past two years or so. Backwardation … Read more

Valuentum’s Theses on Best Ideas Chevron and Exxon Mobil Playing Out

By Callum Turcan Raw energy resources pricing has surged higher during the past year with room to run. The global energy complex is on the rebound as demand for crude oil and refined petroleum products is steadily recovering from the worst of the coronavirus (‘COVID-19’) pandemic. As demand for electricity and heating needs held up well during the pandemic, liquified natural gas prices (‘LNG’) put up a strong year in 2021 and remain elevated. The OPEC+ cartel is committed to slowly phasing out its crude oil supply curtailment agreement first enacted in 2020, effectively limiting growth in global oil supplies at a time when demand is rebounding at a brisk pace. We view the near-term outlook for the global energy … Read more