150p+ on Jan 1st 202012 Nov 2020 09:09
All I will say to the doubters is this was 150p+ on Jan 1st this year with a small dividend of 7.1p (which had been reduced by 50%). With a resumption of the dividend in 2021 this should climb back to the 100p-150p range it traded at in 2019. To provide some further clarity for investors in BWNG in January 2018 the share price started the year at over 250p (plus a dividend). In the previous year, 2017 with yet again a full dividend, the BWNG share price ranged from a low of 200p+ to 350p+. Also, it worth noting that the debt was a great deal higher then, hence the current open offer to reduce it, but the share price was trading much much higher despite the previous management's foray, under Angela Spindler, in to high street stores in major shopping centres. This cost BWNG dear but since Steve Johnson arrived as CEO the focus has been on closing the high street stores and reducing the debt. The Open Offer is the final piece of the jigsaw to restore N Brown Group to its former glory days as a direct sales retailer (via online as opposed to the old fashioned catalogue days) when the share price hit over 500p. I'm expecting the share price to trade between 150p and 200p in the next couple of years and then between 250p and 300p thereafter. The Open Offer is no reason for concern. It makes perfect sense to pay down the debt and then resume dividends. Good luck, Brighty