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June 20, 2024

Interesting Sentiment Shift: SUN vs. CQP; FSLR vs. SPWR; CHRD vs. VTLE; SU vs. CNQ; HAL vs. RIG; CEG vs. VST… Detailed (Real Time) Short Interest Analysis Within

By Timm Schneider

***Charts best viewed on website (link below)*** We believe the individual stock break-down is most helpful for those investors trying to gauge short-term sentiment changes. Stocks that caught our attention this week (happy to talk…

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June 20, 2024

NVDA (N/R) Could Pay a 25% Premium, All Cash, No Synergies for XOM (N/R) and Still Make the Deal ~19% Accretive on FCF in 2025E+ (Just for fun)

By Timm Schneider

Within, we run a detailed (just for fun everyone, relax) accretion/ dilution analysis with NVDA as a Buyer for XOM; CVX; COP (Long); SHEL; CEG; VST; NRG; NEE; ET (Long); and EPD. We look at…

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June 18, 2024

NextEra Energy (NEE; Short): Recent Feedback

By Timm Schneider

As of 7AM today, shares of NEE are down ~5.5% to $68.40. Could it be possible that the LNG Long and NEE Short actually both work today?! ***We maintain our short positions and respective 17…

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June 17, 2024

NextEra Energy (NEE): Shares Slide ~5% AH on $2bn Equity Sale; Maintain ‘Short’ on NEE Pending Additional Analysis

By Timm Schneider

At the time of this writing (~18:00 ET), shares of NEE are trading down ~5% on the heels of a $2bn equity sale that was announced post close (link). Link to prospectus (SEC website): NEE…

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June 17, 2024

Framing Energy Merger Arb Spreads; CHK/ SWN Vote Tomorrow 10:00 AM CST (More Within)

By Timm Schneider

Tomorrow at 10AM CST, shareholders of both SWN and CHK will be voting on the pending merger announced January 10th 2024. We had noticed the arb spread on the deal has widened into the vote,…

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June 17, 2024

Natural Gas: 100+ Bcf/d Supply vs. 100+ Degrees in Active Supply/ Demand Tug-of-War…

By Timm Schneider

This morning, front month NYMEX futures are off ~3.4% to $2.783/mcf as elevated domestic supplies are overshadowing bullish weather demand. At the time of this writing we are long a small position in the BOIL…

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June 16, 2024

WEEKEND READING: Your Weekly Energy News Summary for the Week Ending June 16th 2024

By Timm Schneider

For the news, we include a brief summary description for each headline. We only include links to news sources that do NOT require you to have a subscription to the respective site, or if they do, they are…

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June 15, 2024

Model Portfolio Surges Past Major Benchmarks with +400bps Boost from Short Positions (NEP/ HP/ PLUG/ SWN/ NEE & More…)

By Timm Schneider

Key Takes: Our most profitable open position since the Model Portfolio inception on January 10th 2024 is now our NFE short for a total return of ~36% (despite the Friday bounce back on the first…

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June 15, 2024

Countdown to 2025: 199 Days Remaining! Check Out Our Revamped Energy M&A Bingo Card. Deals Need to Get Done Through Summer!

By Timm Schneider

…How many of the below ‘thought’ transactions will get done before Year-End? We’d like to see at least four or five… Given U.S. presidential election timing dynamics, we believe end of summer is somewhat of…

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June 13, 2024

And My Favorite (Hypothetical) Energy Infrastructure Marriage Would be…?! Framing Strategic Rationale & Likelihood Around 20 Potential Tie-Ups (Part II)

By Timm Schneider

This is Part II of our Deep-Dive Energy Sector M&A Series (‘The Summer of M&A’), focused on Midstream Transactions. Recall we published Part I focused on Upstream combinations yesterday (EOG Should Buy DVN. SHEL Should…

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June 12, 2024

EOG Should Buy DVN. SHEL Should Buy BP… These Will Likely Never Happen: Framing Strategic Rationale Around 15 Hypothetical Upstream M&A Transactions (Part I)

By Timm Schneider

As we noted earlier today, within we provide a detailed (hypothetical) transaction-by-transaction overview of why select deals could make sense, or not. Deals that are highly accretive on paper and also carry strategic rationale are:…

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June 11, 2024

NEE Analyst Day (Maintain Short): Adj. Midpoint EPS Guide Implies ~2 – 6% Move Lower But Street Confident in High End (Implies Flat Trading Range). Overall Blah vs. Elevated Expectations…

By Timm Schneider

Earlier this morning, NEE released an updated ~160 page slide deck outlining longer term expectations (through 2027). Mid-point EPS CAGR remained unchanged through 2027 at seven percent Adjusted mid-point EPS are – on average –…

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June 10, 2024

NE/ DO Merger: Detailed Pro-Forma Financial Analysis Shows ~15%+ FCF/ Share Accretion in 2025E+ (Leverage/ EPS/ EBITDA est. within)

By Timm Schneider

We closed our our DO Long in the Model Portfolio earlier today on the heels of the NE for DO merger announcement. DO had been one of our best performers in the Long book since…

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June 10, 2024

Force-Ranking 73 Hypothetical Energy M&A Transactions on 1) FCF; 2) Leverage; 3) EPS; and 4) EBITDA Accretion. The Best One is an E&P Combination…

By Timm Schneider

First of all, thank you for all the feedback on our recent comprehensive sector M&A note (link). This remains one of our most read notes with ~1,000 reads over the past five days. Recall in…

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June 10, 2024

Model Portfolio Update: Closing DO Long (~30% Total Return Since Inception) After Announced Acquisition by NE

By Timm Schneider

Effective immediately, we are closing our DO Long in the Model Portfolio. DO had been one of our best performers on the Long side, with a total return of ~30% since inception on January 10th….

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