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Jefferies downgrades Wood Group over dividend risks

Mon, 25th Mar 2019 09:37

(Sharecast News) - Jefferies has downgraded Wood Group, over concerns that the dividend could come under pressure at the energy services firm.Jefferies, which reset its price target on the shares to 480p against a previous goal of 550p, reduced its rating to 'underperform' from 'hold'. The decision weighed heavily on the stock, and by 1000 GMT on Monday the shares were off nearly 6%.In a note called 'Deferred Deleverage', Jefferies said: "We see a similar progressive dividend risk with Wood Group to that we saw with the Amec Foster Wheeler deal. Wood Group's excellent strategic track record in mergers and acquisitions and balance sheet management will be tested to the full."Wood Group, which completed its $2.2bn takeover of Amec Foster Wheeler in October 2017, updated the City on Monday about its non-core asset disposal programme, and said it had agreed to sell its Terra Nova Technologies unit to Cementation Americas for $38m.But Jefferies argued that Aberdeen-based Wood's ongoing plans to cut debt would be at risk if disposals slipped.While Wood continues to see $200m to $300m of future disposals, the bank's analysts said timing "appears less certain" and with known cash exceptions of $100m, "we wonder about the unknowns".The analysts also pointed to upcoming changes to the way Wood Group will report earnings and revenues, thereby creating "more complex" historical performance comparisons."In the coming year, Wood Group will stop using EBIT as its principal performance measure, moving instead to adjusted EBITDA, including joint ventures, and reporting revenues on an equity accounted basis, excluding joint ventures.""With so many adjustments and new measurements, full-year 2018 results did indeed appear messy, a view compounded by a reported loss of $7.6bn, which was however less than 2017's $30m loss.The analysts said that with all the changes from the merger, reported earnings "has to be a function of valuation as frankly it is one of the few consistent measures we have" but, after updating for lower exceptional costs but higher interest and tax produces, a 2019 net income forecast of $74m is still materially below the average City profit forecast of $193m for 2019.
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16 Apr 2024 12:47

Sparta Capital urges Wood Group to seek sale, rethink UK listing

LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) - Activist shareholder Sparta Capital Management is pushing British engineering services firm Wood Group to consider either selling itself or to reconsider its UK listing, according to a letter from the fund manager on Tuesday.

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16 Apr 2024 10:33

Sparta Capital urges Wood Group to seek sale, rethink UK listing

LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) - Activist shareholder Sparta Capital Management is pushing British engineering services firm Wood Group to consider either selling itself or to reconsider its UK listing, according to a letter from the fund manager on Tuesday.

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16 Apr 2024 07:01

PRESS: John Wood faces call to set itself up for sale from shareholder

(Alliance News) - John Wood Group PLC is facing a call from a large shareholder to explore a sale, Sky News reported on Monday evening.

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8 Apr 2024 09:25

Berenberg cuts Wood Group target on weak cash generation

(Sharecast News) - Wood Group is "on the right track" with its turnaround, according to Berenberg, but the broker still cut its target price for shares of the energy and materials engineering and consulting business following the group's recent results.

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26 Mar 2024 09:34

Wood Group eyes cost cuts as hails "significant progress" on strategy

(Alliance News) - John Wood Group PLC on Tuesday announced improved annual earnings, lifted its outlook and announced a "simplification programme" to trim costs.

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26 Mar 2024 09:19

Wood Group misses estimates for 2023 but upgrades guidance

(Sharecast News) - Shares in Wood Group slumped on Tuesday despite an upgrade to its current-year outlook, as the engineering company reported wider-than-expected losses and increased debt levels for 2023.

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19 Mar 2024 15:54

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15 Feb 2024 09:20

IN BRIEF: John Wood Group adds Babcock CEO David Lockwood to board

John Wood Group PLC - Aberdeen, Scotland-based energy and materials engineering and consulting - Hires David Lockwood as non-executive director, joining the board on March 12. Lockwood is the chief executive officer of London-based aerospace and defence contractor Babcock International Group PLC. Prior to Babcock, Lockwood was CEO of Babcock peer Cobham PLC and of electronics firm Laird PLC. Wood Chair Roy Franklin says Lockwood "is an innovative leader who has led large-scale company transformations and consistently delivered value for shareholders, making him a strong addition to Wood's board." Babcock welcomes the appointment, believing it will be "beneficial to both organisations".

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(Alliance News) - Stock prices in Europe ended the week on a positive note, as US producer price inflation repaired some of the damages from Thursday's consumer price reading.

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12 Jan 2024 15:39

London close: Stocks rise on positive UK economic data

(Sharecast News) - London's financial markets closed on a positive note today, buoyed by fresh data indicating that the UK economy had returned to growth in November.

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CORRECT: LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Stocks rise after promising UK GDP data

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