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magazineThe share price and dividends are rising at Diversified Gas & Oil
Diversified Gas & Oil (DGOC) 127.4p
Gain to date: 24.9%
Original entry point: Buy at 102p, 21 May 2020
Unusually for a medium-sized oil company Diversified Gas & Oil’s (DGOC) investment case is as much about income as it is about capital gains but the recent improved sentiment towards the sector is helping it chalk up an advance in the share price to go with its growing dividend.
Results on 8 March saw the company report record annual production, up 18% to 100 million barrels of oil equivalent per day. This helped to underpin a 14% year-on-year increase in the dividend with two consecutive increases in the quarterly payment during 2020.
The company, which concentrates on acquiring low-cost natural gas production in the Appalachian region of the US, has protected itself from any downside in the gas price by hedging 90% of its output at an average price of $2.66 per million British thermal units.
In November 2020 the company formed a partnership with specialist asset manager Oaktree Capital to acquire further assets, with Oaktree committing up to $1 billion over a three-year period to be matched by Diversified.
Investec says the tie-up provides ‘the firepower for the company to go after deals in an “acquisition rich” environment in the US’, adding that it expects news on a deal in the coming months.
SHARES SAYS: Its strategy is simple and effective. Keep buying.
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