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☆ Worried about lofty valuations? Berenberg names 5 top stocks in a 'cheap' sector
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As concerns swirl about lofty valuations in the stock market and investors focus on AI companies, strategists at Berenberg see one sector as a relative bargain: energy. The global energy sector is trading around record low valuations relative to the broader market, according to the German investment bank. "The European energy sector has never been this cheap on trailing price/book multiples, both on an absolute and relative basis," the bank said. Aside from valuations, Berenberg also suggested that fundamentals support owning energy stocks. "Tight energy markets are likely to underpin oil prices and support an improving earnings backdrop for the energy sector," the Berenberg analyst said.

Persons: Jonathan Stubbs, Berenberg, Energean —, Stubbs Organizations: Mar, Shell, Harbour Energy Locations: TotalEnergies, U.S, Russia, Ukraine

☆ CNBC Daily Open: The Israel-Hamas war shouldn’t affect markets much
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Markets shook off fearsU.S. stocks rose Monday despite a 4% spike in oil prices caused by the Israel-Hamas war. OPEC thinks global oil demand will reach 116 million barrels per day by 2045, around 6 million more bpd than its prediction last year. Dogger Bank Wind Farm, described as the "world's largest offshore wind farm," began producing energy over the weekend.

Persons: Russell, Europe's, it's, — Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, CNBC, Metro Bank, Palestinian, Hamas, International Energy Agency, OPEC, Dogger Bank Wind Locations: New York City, Israel, Gaza, England, Ukraine, —

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Shares in U.S. and European-listed companies with business exposure to Israel fell on Monday on worries that an escalation in conflict with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas would impact their operations. Wall Street opened lower, while European stocks dipped as surging oil prices fanned inflation worries and investors fled to the safety of government bonds and the dollar. U.S. shares of Israeli chipmaker Tower Semiconductor fell 5.2%, while Intel (INTC.O) dipped 1.1% and Nvidia (NVDA.O) 2.1%, dragging the chip sector lower. U.S.-listed shares of Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA.TA), the world's largest generic drugmaker, fell 3.3%, while those in fertilizer group ICL Group (ICL.TA) dipped 1.4%. U.S. exchange-traded funds exposed to Israel such as the iShares MSCI Israel ETF and the ARK Israel Innovative Technology ETF fell 6.6% and 4.4%, respectively.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Raffi Boyadjian, Energean, Adani Ports, Danilo Masoni, Sruthi Shankar, Amanda Cooper, Deborah Kyvrikosaios, Arun Koyyur Organizations: Palestinian, Semiconductor, Intel, Nvidia, Energy, Tel Aviv ., U.S, Cruise Line Holdings, Royal Caribbean Group, XM, Israel's, ICL, ARK Israel Innovative Technology, Adani, Thomson Locations: Israel, Tel Aviv, Saudi Arabia, Gaza, London, India, Adani, Haifa Port, Northern Israel

☆ Israel exports oil for the first time ever after diplomatic breakthrough with Lebanon
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Israel launched its first-ever export of crude oil, sending a shipment to Europe. Israel's oil export was sold to commodities giant Vitol through a multi-cargo agreement. "The first ever lifting of an Israeli crude oil cargo has taken place at the company's Karish field," Energean said. While the country is still expected to import most of its oil, Israel has become self-sufficient on natural gas and has been exporting it for years. Israel's largest gasfield, Leviathan, also produces some crude oil, but those supplies go to domestic refineries.

At the same time, the pan-European STOXX 600 (.STOXX) was down 0.4% and an index of European oil and gas stocks was down 0.9%. (.SXEP)The IPO, which priced at the bottom of the expected price range, gave an initial valuation of 2.45 billion pounds ($2.83 billion) for the company. The London stock exchange has suffered the worst year on record for UK IPOs as market volatility persists amid the energy crisis and worsening economic forecasts. So far in 2022, global utility and energy IPOs valued at more than $100 million saw an average 19.9% return after one day, compared with negative returns for European utility and energy IPOs and UK IPOs across all sectors, according to Dealogic data. The last oil and gas producer to float on the main London stock exchange was eastern Mediterranean-focused Energean (ENOG.L) in 2018.

☆ Energy security trumps the climate? London’s biggest IPO of the year is an oil company
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Julia Horowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

That’s one lesson from the initial public offering on Wednesday of Ithaca Energy, a North Sea oil and gas producer — which went ahead as world leaders gathered for the UN climate summit in Egypt. The best performing stock so far this year on London’s FTSE 250 index is Energean, which focuses on gas projects in the North Sea and Mediterranean. The North Sea is an aging basin, and oil and gas giants like Chevron (CVX), Exxon (XOM) and Shell (RDSA) have been winding down their presence. Piper said an oil and gas company is one of few that could get away with a listing on the market right now. “That’s going to impact the value of all North Sea oil producers,” Piper said.

Nov 8 (Reuters) - North Sea oil and gas producer Ithaca Energy's (IPO-IHEG.L) planned initial public offering (IPO) in London is set to be priced at the bottom of the range at 250 pence per share, a bookrunner on the deal said on Tuesday. The planned IPO of Ithaca - owned by Tel Aviv-listed Delek Group (DLEKG.TA) - on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday has been closely watched in an IPO market starved of activity since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Delek bought Ithaca in April from private equity-backed Siccar Point Energy, already flagging its intention to float. The last oil and gas producer to float on the main London stock exchange was eastern Mediterranean-focused Energean ENOG.L in 2018. Reuters Graphics($1 = 0.8716 pounds)Reporting by Sinchita Mitra in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich and Barbara LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Energean drilling programme discovers more gas off Israel
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Eastern Mediterranean-focused oil and gas producer Energean (ENOG.L) has made a commercial discovery at its Zeus exploration well off the coast of Israel and upgraded its neighbouring Athena discovery, it said on Monday. Athena could be linked to the floating production and storage vessel (FPSO) Energean uses to send gas to the Israeli market from its flagship Karish field. Energean has also floated the idea of a new development of fields in what it calls the Olympus area, which might also send gas to Egypt. The company said it expects to be able to tell investors more about its development plans early next year. Preliminary estimates indicate that Zeus holds 13.3 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas, just above pre-drill estimates, but Energean is still analysing results.

On Wednesday, OPEC+, the oil cartel led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, agreed to slash production by 2 million barrels per day, twice as much as analysts had predicted, in the biggest cut since the Covid-19 pandemic. “Saudi Arabia is looking to head off a repeat of 2008 when the market crash sent the global economy into a recession and oil prices suddenly plummeted, requiring emergency action by OPEC,” said Wald. Analysts also say Saudi Arabia cannot afford to let oil prices go below a certain level for budgetary reasons. For its budget to break even, global oil prices must be at around $79 a barrel, according to the International Monetary Fund. That was a warning sign for Saudi Arabia and other oil exporters, who depend on oil for a majority of their revenue.

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