The way i see it...30 Jun 2023 11:36
Of course numbers are lower than the previous year. Last year was a "freak" year.
The "Ukraine situation" sent fertiliser prices into orbit in a freak year for the fertiliser industry. Of course more sales were made ( If they hadn't been made THAT would have been a worry!)
They were never going to sell as much this year as last. If they lowered numbers at start of year, they would have been accused of being unambitious? Cant have a "profits warning" before you even start! So the Company "had a go".
The actual Interim results read well (if anyone reads them!) with a maiden profit announced.
Also, BIG point this, historically expectation is that approximately 80% of sales are seasonally placed in the SECOND half of the year.
BUT look at the last 4 years, the sales trend is up.
2019 had a 27,000t target, 2020 54,000t target, 2021 85,000t target, 2022 150,000t target.
So in 2023 HMI set out a ambitious 200,000 t target, and revised to a 120,000t target. Hardly the end of the world!
NAV is around this level.
Company made an interim profit.
Shareprice matches rest of the small cap markets.
Around 3p, Buy a few and tuck em away.