Note: Throughout this report I refer to figures in "$". Unlike substantially all of my research, this refers to Canadian and not United States Dollars. Any references to United States Dollars are mentioned explicitly.
Does the perfect stock exist? For a dividend investor, Vermilion Energy (VET) appears to be as close as any: a high yield of 15%, monthly payments, 1099 issuance, a moderately healthy balance sheet, and free cash flow that covered the dividend plus all capital expenditures (both growth and sustaining) on a trailing basis checks most boxes that I can