From Tudor this morning
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Gas storage preview ($4.0/mcf) Despite a warm week, market is looking for another well above average injection. For those counting, this is the 2nd warmer than normal week after a several week string of mild summer weather. This week's 75 cooling degree days well above 65 CDD norms and higher than last week's 71. Wk/wk uptick in CDDs should help moderate injections but market looking for a bigger 85 bcf injection (vs 79 last week). Mid 80s injection well high of 65bcf norms for the weekimplies a 3.5bcfd oversupplied market.
2015 natural gas price ($4.0/mcf) Despite the Polar Vortex induced euphoria, we've stuck by our 2015 $3.75/mcf gas price forecast since the beginning of this year. In the last couple of months, market sentiment has turned 180 from an extremely bullish to decidedly bearish stance. While 2015 Street consensus is still $4.5/mcf, recent sell-side updates are dropping forecasts into the high $3/mcf range (similar to our $3.75). All good except we've become incrementally bearish on 2015 pricing. We see $3.75 as a possibility but now this seems more like an upside case. No change yet to our "official" forecast, but a FY $3.50/mcf average seems more realistic with parts of the year potentially hovering near $2.5 (needed to incent coal-gas switching).
2015 gas price E&P cash flow implications (E&P $780) Expecting Street estimates to come down materially for gas weighted E&Ps over the next six months as current Street 2015 estimates are based on a ~$4.5/mcf price. At that level, our gassy universe is trading at 7x 2015 EV/EBITDA. Adjusting towards a $3.5 scenario would expand multiples ~2x. Further, cash flow for the group would fall ~$3.7B or 17%. Hard to get excited about the equities with this backdrop especially given average NAV upside of only ~10%. A 10-15% pullback from here is very possible, with high beta, high leverage names like UPL and XCO most at risk."