Complete Production Services Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Oct 28, 2010
Complete Production Services Inc. (CPX, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-09-30.

Complete Production Services Inc. has a market cap of $1.84 billion; its shares were traded at around $23.63 with a P/E ratio of 57.8 and P/S ratio of 1.8. CPX is in the portfolios of RS Investment Management, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors, Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Our long-term growth strategy has not changed. We seek to maximize our equipment utilization and grow through organic investments in like equipment and by acquiring complementary businesses to expand our service offerings in a current operating area or to extend our geographical footprint into targeted basins. In 2009, we reduced our overall capital investment to $38.5 million, and we did not complete any business acquisitions. For 2010, we expect to spend between $170.0 million and $180.0 million for capital investment, and we invested $21.3 million to acquire two businesses. We continue to evaluate additional business acquisition opportunities.

In March 2009, our Canadian subsidiary exchanged certain non-monetary assets with a net book value of $9.3 million related to our production testing business for certain e-line assets of a competitor. We recorded a non-cash loss on the transaction of $4.9 million, which represented the difference between the carrying value and the fair market value of the assets surrendered. We believe the e-line assets will generate incremental future cash flows compared to the production testing assets exchanged.

On May 11, 2010, we acquired certain assets of a provider of gas lift services based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for $1.4 million in cash, subject to an additional $0.1 million holdback. We recorded goodwill totaling $1.0 million in conjunction with this acquisition which has been allocated entirely to the completion and production services business segment. We believe this acquisition supplements our plunger lift service offering for the completion and production services business segment.

Effective June 30, 2010, we exchanged certain property, plant and equipment used in our fluid handling business for other equipment. This exchange was determined to have commercial substance for us and therefore we recorded the new assets at the fair market value of the assets received, which was more readily determinable than the fair market value of the assets surrendered. The fair market value of the assets received was $0.8 million, resulting in a gain on the non-monetary exchange of $0.5 million.

On September 3, 2010, we completed the purchase of assets associated with a well service and fluid handling service provider based in Carrizo Springs, Texas. The total purchase price for the assets was $19.9 million, subject to an additional $1.0 million holdback, and included goodwill of $4.9 million, all of which was allocated to the completion and production services business segment. We believe this acquisition enhances our position in the Eagle Ford Shale in south Texas.

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