COOPER ENERGY LIMITED (COE)



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General Information
Company Name: Cooper Energy Limited
Stock Code: COE
Website: www.cooperenergy.com.au
GICS Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Market Cap ($M): 128
Equiv. Shares (M): 329

Current Price Data+
Current Price Open High Low Last Close Volume Price Movement
 $ 0.395 $ 0.435 $ 0.440 $ 0.390 $ 0.440 382,643 $ -0.045  -10.227 %

Company Overview

Business Description:
Cooper Energy Limited (COE) is an oil and gas exploration and production company with a primary focus on projects located in Australia (the Cooper/Eromanga and Otway Basins) and Tunisia. COE currently has approximately 500,000 barrels of oil production per year from the Cooper Basin, South Australia, with approximately 150 barrels of oil per day gross production from Sukananti KSO in Indonesia. Cooper also has prospective exploration licenses in those countries.

Strategy Analysis:
As a conventional oil and gas explorer/producer, COE maintains activity in all focus areas. Exploration is taking place in Australia (Cooper and Otway basins), Indonesia, Tunisia and Romania whilst production is generated in Australia and Indonesia only. COE has budgeted for 2011 exploration expenditure with a domestic focus. Further production is contingent on the funding, and success of, exploration Cooper Energy reported NPAT of $4.56m for the half-year ended 31 December 2012. Revenues from ordinary activities were $23.37m, down 9.4% from last year. Basic and Diluted EPS were 1.4 cents compared to (1.9) cents last year. Net operating cash flow was $2.13m compared to $13.03m last year. No dividend was declared.


Financial Summary
Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2014  F 15.0 4.6 43.8 8.5 -- 0.0 --
2013  F 10.6 3.2 -64.0 12.3 -- 0.0 --
2012  A 26.3 8.9 -- 15.4 0.0 0.0 --
Source: Aspect actuals / Thomson IBES estimates

Peer Comparison
EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
Company Mkt Cap 2012 A 2013 F 2014 F 2012 A 2013 F 2014 F 2012 A 2013 F 2014 F
Beach Energy (BPT) $1,534 M 0.7828 -0.2483 0.1432 11.4259 15.2010 13.2967 0.0186 0.0186 0.0186
Cooper Energy (COE) $145 M -- 0.1127 0.4462 15.4930 13.9241 9.6280 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Oil Search (OSH) $10,841 M -0.3691 0.0607 1.8198 73.2790 69.0863 24.5003 0.0048 0.0050 0.0050
Santos (STO) $12,401 M -0.1141 0.3991 0.2473 28.5587 20.4127 16.3655 0.0233 0.0233 0.0233
Woodside Petroleum (WPL) $30,872 M 0.1834 0.0140 0.1160 15.3811 15.1682 13.5914 0.0334 0.0530 0.0588

Market Comparison
Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth P/S Ratio
COE 1.27 12.5 0.93 0.46 1.90
Market 0.83 14.4 1.22 1.88 1.72
Sector 1.36 15.1 0.77 2.18 5.20

Directors
Name Position Start Date
Mr Ian Edward Gregory -- 15 October 2008
Mr Hector Mackenzie Gordon Executive Director 26 June 2012
Mr David Maxwell Managing Director 12 October 2011
Mr John Craig Conde Non-Executive Chairman 25 February 2013
Mr Laurence (Laurie) J Shervington Non-Executive Director 01 October 2003
Mr Jeffrey Warrington Schneider Non-Executive Director 12 October 2011

Management
Name Position
John Baillie Chief Financial Officer
Alison Evans Company Secretary
Andrew Warton Development Manager
Andrew D. Thomas Exploration Manager

Substantial Shareholders
Holding Name
20,924,029 (6.37%) Kinetic Investment Partners Limited
26,763,434 (8.14%) Paradice Investment Management Pty Ltd
21,888,112 (6.66%) National Australia Bank Limited
16,738,831 (5.09%) Acorn Capital Limited
31,270,694 (9.51%) Beach Energy Limited

Calendar of Events
Date Event
22 April 2014 Report (Quarterly)
24 February 2014 Report (Interim)
29 January 2014 Report (Quarterly)
28 October 2013 Report (Quarterly)
09 October 2013 Report (Annual)
30 August 2013 Report (Prelim)
29 July 2013 Report (Quarterly)
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