Analysis15 Feb 2024 07:21
Wolf, I am not in a muddle. Whatever you think of Conger for selling whilst promoting the deal, his interpretation is correct.
However, moving on from that, the point is that however you interpret what Selan is paying is not the point. That grossly undervalues the asset. Whatever they are paying is going to be much less than it's true value . Otherwise, it wouldn't be worth their while. For example if they expected to make 100 million profit over the life of the contract, they are hardly going to pay any where near that are they ?
So what profit can Syn and the Selan expect to make from their respective halves of the contract. The presentations from last year give an indication. For a 10 well model they give a net present value of 58 million usd. The full field development will be 30+ wells, so a total for that of around 200 million. That is for the base case. If the upside case was in play, or gas prices went up, profits may increase. Also the presentation assumes a cost per well of 10 million, much more than they are saying now.
So even taking a conservative view of the presentation,Syn's half of the profits in present day terms would be 100 million usd.
That would be increased by by an amount equal to the free carry, as that is cash they will not be spending.
So if the free carry is 10 million plus the 2.5 million cash plus the 9 million bonuses ( that should be reduced to present day value, but can be ignored for now) it comes to 21.5 million. Or, as most seem to think, the free carry is 20 million it comes to 31.5 million.
So the total profits Syn can expect over the life of the contract is, depending on how you interpret the free carry either121.5 or 131.5 million usd. That's £97 million or £105 million. Not a great deal of difference.
With the current number of shares of 10.5 billion that would equate to an sp of 0.9 to 1.0 p.
The extra shares from the convertible loan and warrants from the last raise would increase the total shares to around 13 billion. Obviously a further raise would increase it further. That might not be necessary if the warrants are exercised.
With 13 billion shares it would equate to an sp of 0.75 to 0.8p.
With 15 billion shares we get 0.65 to 0.7p.
So even if the profit in the presentation is optimistic it would seem that the current sp of 0.15 is grossly underestimating the potential. The market seems to be taking an extreme worst case scenario.
All the above may be a bit long, but it is genuinely how I see it. It may be a few years before the full value is realised but I really hope the sp today moves towards a more realistic value. If I could get 0.25 today, I would probably sell out as probably not sensible to wait too long at my age.
Good luck all.