Secondary Recommendation

Gulfsands - Syrian oil producer on prospective PE for 2012 of just 4.1

August 2010

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The recent bid approach for FTSE-250 oil producer Dana Petroleum has fired the starting gun on what could be an exciting round of take-over activity across the sector and another stock likely to attract interest is Gulfsands, which has assets in Syria, Tunisia and the Gulf of Mexico. Gulfsands has the perfect combination of a rising production profile, a large cash pile and speculative interest from what could be a highly rewarding exploration program and has already fought off one bid approach, pitched at 315p, earlier this year. We believe any other prospective suitor will have to be far more generous, particularly given that eps is forecast to nearly double from an expected 38.2p this year to 71.1p in 2012. Founded in 1997, Gu ...

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