CARNARVON PETROLEUM LIMITED (CVN)



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General Information
Company Name: Carnarvon Petroleum Limited
Stock Code: CVN
Website: www.carnarvonpetroleum.com
GICS Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Market Cap ($M): 42
Equiv. Shares (M): 934

Current Price Data+
Current Price Open High Low Last Close Volume Price Movement
 $ 0.043 $ 0.044 $ 0.044 $ 0.041 $ 0.045 8,782,090 $ -0.002  -4.444 %

Current Broker Consensus Recommendation more
Recommendation: Buy
Recommendation Date: 19th Dec 2012
12 Month Target Price (average): $0.3
Brokers Surveyed: 1

Company Overview

Business Description:
Carnarvon Petroleum NL (CVN) is an oil and gas exploration and production company. Carnarvon is currently focusing on its core regions of South East Asia and Australia, with operations active in Thailand and Australia.

Strategy Analysis:
The long term strategy is to build the asset base from exploration success and cash flow self sufficiency. At the same time as CVN develops its Thai interests, new exploration and development opportunities are being canvassed with a focus on oil basins in Asia and Australia. Carnavon Petroleum reported NPAT down 85% to $2.16m for the year ended 30 June 2011. Revenues from ordinary activities were $54.75m, down 16.1% from last year. Basic and Diluted EPS was 0.3 cents compared to 2.1 cents last year. Net operating cash flow was $23.47m compared to $32.30m last year. No dividend was declared.


Financial Summary
Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2013  F 0.3 0.0 -- 112.5 -- 0.0 --
2012  A -2.5 -0.4 -233.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
2011  A 2.2 0.3 -85.7 120.0 0.0 0.0 --
Source: Aspect actuals / Thomson IBES estimates

Peer Comparison
EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
Company Mkt Cap 2011 A 2012 F 2013 F 2011 A 2012 F 2013 F 2011 A 2012 F 2013 F
Beach Energy (BPT) $1,459 M 0.7828 -0.2483 0.1432 10.8593 14.4472 12.6374 0.0196 0.0196 0.0196
Carnavon Petroleum (CVN) $41 M -- -- -- -- 110.0000 -- 0.0000 0.0000 --
Oil Search (OSH) $10,466 M -0.3691 0.0054 0.7712 70.7428 70.3604 39.7253 0.0049 0.0051 0.0051
Santos (STO) $12,334 M -0.1141 0.4022 0.2445 28.4033 20.2566 16.2764 0.0235 0.0235 0.0235
Woodside Petroleum (WPL) $28,763 M 0.1834 0.0138 0.1144 14.3303 14.1353 12.6844 0.0359 0.0569 0.0630

Market Comparison
Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth P/S Ratio
CVN -- 167.6 0.46 -- 1.02
Market 0.80 13.9 1.17 1.90 1.62
Sector 1.14 16.0 0.72 1.94 4.80

Directors
Name Position Start Date
Mr Adrian Cook Chief Executive Officer,Managing Director 01 July 2011
Mr Peter James Leonhardt Non-Executive Chairman 17 March 2005
Mr Neil Christian Fearis Non-Executive Director 30 November 1999
Mr William (Bill) Foster Non-Executive Director 17 August 2010
Mr Edward (Ted) Patrick Jacobson Non-Executive Director 05 December 2005

Management
Name Position
Philip Huizenga Chief Operating Officer
Thomson Naude Company Secretary

Calendar of Events
Date Event
16 April 2014 Report (Quarterly)
25 February 2014 Report (Interim)
16 January 2014 Report (Quarterly)
24 October 2013 Report (Quarterly)
14 October 2013 Report (Annual)
30 August 2013 Report (Annual)
30 August 2013 Report (Prelim)
29 July 2013 Report (Quarterly)
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