Baird Investment Banking Pitch Book
AR BENCHMARKING
AR has identified a group of elite E&Ps and what it deems to be their key characteristics
AR'S TARGETED "ELITE" E&P UNIVERSE
Premium for:
Scale
Growth
Low Leverage
FCF Generation
U.S. Publicly Traded E&Ps
Leverage < 3.0x
Enterprise Value >$10B
Production Growth >15%
Leverage <2.0x
Free
Cash Flow
AR 2018E E&P
EV / EBITDAX:
4.8x
EOG
CXO
PXD
FANG
COG
Permian & Appalachia
Median 2018E E&P
EV/EBITDAX: 9.5x
BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE - LAST 2 YEARS
Elite Group
S&P E&P Index
Gas-Weighted Peers
Note: E&P firm value adjusted to remove public ownership of MLP holdings at a 10% discount, where applicable. EBITDAX adjusted to remove contribution of midstream business.
Confidential
Gas
AR (24%)
Oil
47%
16%
(57%)
14%
67%
BAIRD
Project Bronco
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