Ovintiv Inc Inside the Corner Suite: 10 Key Takeaways from Fireside Chat with CEO Brendan McCracken

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Ovintiv Inc Inside the Corner Suite: 10 Key Takeaways from Fireside Chat with CEO Brendan McCracken

J P M O R G A N North America Equity Research

20 May 2026

Ovintiv Inc Overweight

OVV, OVV US

Inside the Corner Suite: 10 Key Takeaways from Price (19 May 26):$60.89

Fireside Chat with CEO Brendan McCracken

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

JPM View: In conjunction with JPM’s 2026 E&P CEO/CFO Zoom series, we Arun Jayaram AC

hosted a fireside chat with OVV’s President and CEO Brendan McCracken. The (1-212) 622-8541

key takeaway from our event was the company’s durable inventory position in its arun.jayaram@jpmchase.com

two basins, which is largely a function of successful portfolio management over the Pankaj Bhatter, CFA

past few years and OVV’s cube development scheme. CEO McCracken (1-212) 622-3795

highlighted the successful portfolio transformation over the past several years, as pankaj.bhatter@jpmchase.com

the asset base has been streamlined to franchise positions in the core of the Midland Jack Jerusalmi

and Montney basins following the divestiture of legacy positions in the Anadarko (1-212) 622-6552

jack.jerusalmi@jpmorgan.com

Basin, Uinta, Bakken, and Eagle Ford. Notably, OVV completed this significant J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

portfolio transformation without sacrificing balance sheet strength and added

more than 3,200 locations since 2023 (2,370 premium locations and 860 upside

locations) at an attractive cost below $1.5mm per location.

Post the portfolio transformation, OVV is laser focused on operational execution in

the field and increasing profitability with the current asset base, while not

anticipating any large-scale M&A due to the company’s robust inventory depth in

the two plays. CEO McCracken cited that the company now holds a premium oil