Cenovus EnergyNYSE: CVE

Cenovus Energy should perform better as an integrated company than it did in the past when the business was mostly upstream during cyclical downturns. Earnings showed improvement over the past. The progress will become significant to the market. Heavy Oil and Oil Sands offer the most significant cost reduction potential.

Canada's rich reserves and export growth make Cenovus Energy a compelling dividend stock, especially with rising U.S. demand and expanded access to Asian markets. Cenovus' integration of upstream and downstream assets strengthens its profitability. Strategic pipelines and refinery access further boost its long-term value. With steady cash flow, a solid balance sheet, and aggressive shareholder returns, CVE is well-positioned for growth, making it a key pick for dividend income.

CVE's Q3 earnings lag estimates but revenues beat the same. Both the top and bottom lines decrease year over year.

Cenovus Energy Inc. (NYSE:CVE ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call October 31, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Patrick Read - VP, IR Jon McKenzie - CEO Kam Sandhar - EVP, Strategy and Corporate Development Keith Chiasson - EVP, Downstream Geoff Murray - EVP, Commercial Conference Call Participants Dennis Fong - CIBC World Markets Greg Pardy - RBC Capital Markets John Royall - JPMorgan Menno Hulshof - TD Securities Neil Mehta - Goldman Sachs Manav Gupta - UBS Travis Wood - National Bank Financial Patrick O'Rourke - ATB Capital Markets Operator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Cenovus Energy's Third Quarter Results Conference Call.

Cenovus Energy (CVE) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.31 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.34 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.72 per share a year ago.

CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX: CVE) (NYSE: CVE) today announced its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2024. The company generated nearly $2.5 billion in cash from operating activities, $2.0 billion of adjusted funds flow and $614 million of free funds flow in the quarter. Upstream production of more than 771,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOE/d)1 was slightly lower compared with the second quarter primarily because of turnaround activity at the Christina Lake oil sands facility. Turnaround impacts to production were lower than forecast, as Christina Lake completed its turnaround ahead of schedule. In the downstream, total throughput increased by about 20,000 barrels per day (bbls/d) from the second quarter to almost 643,000 bbls/d, and a major turnaround was successfully completed at the Lima Refinery.

CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE) (NYSE: CVE) will release its third-quarter 2024 results on Thursday, October 31. The news release will provide consolidated third-quarter operating and financial information. The company's financial statements will be available on Cenovus's website, cenovus.com.

Cenovus Energy has been an integrated producer for a short time. But it has a growth story that goes back a decade. Both stories should result in a higher valuation. The company's strategic cost-cutting and optimization efforts continue to bear positive results, which enhances the growth story. Cenovus Energy should perform better in a cyclical downturn as an integrated company than it did as a thermal upstream producer (subject to the thermal discount enlarging).

A U.S.-based refinery owned by Canada's Cenovus Energy will pay a $19 million penalty and spend an estimated $150 million in capital investments after violating emissions rules, U.S. authorities said on Friday.