CUE ENERGY RESOURCES LIMITED (CUE)



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General Information
Company Name: Cue Energy Resources Limited
Stock Code: CUE
Website: www.cuenrg.com.au
GICS Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Market Cap ($M): 84
Equiv. Shares (M): 698

Current Price Data+
Current Price Open High Low Last Close Volume Price Movement
 $ 0.120 $ 0.120 $ 0.125 $ 0.115 $ 0.125 729,433 $ -0.005  -4.000 %

Company Overview

Business Description:
Cue Energy Resources Limited (CUE) is an oil and gas exploration, development and production company with petroleum assets located in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia.

Strategy Analysis:
CUE's strategy is to grow through the acquisition of exploration areas and producing assets and participating in exploration and appraisal drilling. The company also aims to maintain a lean, cost effective organisation. CUE's production comes from the SE Gobe oil field in PNG and the Oyong field in Indonesia. Cue is also involved in the development of the Maari oil field in New Zealand which, from 13 October 2010, has been producing oil. Cue Energy Resources reported NPAT down 18.1% to $3.22m for the half-year ended 31 December 2012. Revenues from ordinary activities were $28.47m, up 41.4% from last year. Basic and Diluted EPS were 0.46 cents compared to 0.57 cents last year. Net operating cash flow was $17.45m compared to $10.77m last year. No dividend was declared.


Financial Summary
Year to Jun NPAT EPS EPS chg (%) PER DPS Yield (%) Franking (%)
2012  A 5.7 0.8 -71.4 30.4 0.0 0.0 --
2011  A 19.1 2.8 -30.0 11.9 0.0 0.0 --
2010  A 27.5 4.0 -- 5.8 0.0 0.0 --
Source: Aspect actuals / Thomson IBES estimates

Peer Comparison
EPS Growth (%) P/E (%) Dividend Yield (%)
Company Mkt Cap 2010 A 2011 F 2012 F 2010 A 2011 F 2012 F 2010 A 2011 F 2012 F
Beach Energy (BPT) $1,604 M 0.7828 -0.2483 0.1432 11.9452 15.8920 13.9011 0.0178 0.0178 0.0178
Cue Energy Resources (CUE) $87 M -0.7054 -- -- 15.4321 -- -- 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) $12,632 M -0.1141 0.3991 0.2473 29.0917 20.7937 16.6709 0.0229 0.0229 0.0229
Woodside Petroleum (WPL) $30,946 M 0.1834 0.0140 0.1160 15.4181 15.2046 13.6240 0.0333 0.0529 0.0586

Market Comparison
Earnings P/E Ratio P/B Ratio P/E Growth P/S Ratio
CUE -- 14.8 0.67 -- 2.03
Market 0.82 14.6 1.24 1.87 1.73
Sector 1.37 15.2 0.78 2.32 5.20

Directors
Name Position Start Date
Mr Geoffrey John King Interim Non-Executive Chairman 24 November 2011
Mr Steven Joseph Koroknay Non-Executive Director 09 October 2009
Mr Paul Moore Non-Executive Director 24 November 2011
Mr Timothy Erick Dibb Non-Executive Director 24 November 2011
Mr Andrew Alexander Young Non-Executive Director,Interim Chief Executive Officer 13 December 2011

Management
Name Position
David Biggs --
Andrew Melville Knox Chief Financial Officer,Company Secretary
David Whittam Exploration Manager

Substantial Shareholders
Holding Name
114,966,671 (16.47%) UOB Kay Hian Private Limited
163,103,314 (23.36%) Todd Petroleum Mining Company Ltd

Calendar of Events
Date Event
29 April 2014 Report (Quarterly)
25 February 2014 Report (Interim)
30 January 2014 Report (Quarterly)
30 October 2013 Report (Quarterly)
11 October 2013 Report (Annual)
30 September 2013 Report (Annual)
30 August 2013 Report (Prelim)
19 July 2013 Report (Quarterly)
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