Palm Valley Capital recently released its Q2 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The fund posted a return of 10.74% for the quarter, underperforming its benchmark, the S&P Small Cap 600 Index which returned 21.94% in the same quarter. You should check out Palm Valley Capital’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of the stock market crash.
In the said letter, Palm Valley Capital highlighted a few stocks and Natural Gas Services Group Inc (NYSE:NGS) is one of them. Natural Gas Services engages in the provision of small to medium horsepower compression equipment to the natural gas industry. Year-to-date, Natural Gas Services Group Inc (NYSE:NGS) stock lost 45.4% and on July 2nd it had a closing price of $6.54. Here is what Palm Valley Capital said:
“Unlike most energy companies, Natural Gas Services generated free cash flow and added to its cash position last quarter. We expect the company’s balance sheet to improve further based on our estimates of lower capital expenditures, rising lease revenues, and an upcoming tax refund. Natural Gas Services remains at a meaningful discount to our calculated valuation and, in our opinion, has one of the strongest balance sheets in the energy service industry.”
In Q1 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Natural Gas Services Group Inc (NYSE:NGS) stock increased by about 11% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers seem to agree with Natural Gas Services growth potential. Our calculations showed that Natural Gas Services Group Inc (NYSE:NGS) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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