** Shares of Mach Natural Resources MNR.N down 9.2%
premarket to $15.60, a six-week low, after announcing follow-on
** Oklahoma City-based oil and gas producer late Weds
offering of 12 mln units
** Co's PE sponsor, , indicated to buy $80 mln of the
offering, per the
** Bayou owns ~68 mln units, about 59% of MNR, according to
LSEG data
** Co has ~103.5 mln units outstanding for ~$1.8 bln market
cap
** Stifel, Raymond James, Texas Capital Secs and Truist are
jt bookrunners for the offering
** MNR shares, which have fallen past four sessions, are
flat YTD through Weds
** Research sentiment on MNR overwhelmingly bullish with avg
rating of "strong buy" among 6 analysts and median PT of $24.50
- LSEG
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))