RE: What's taking so long?13 May 2025 15:18
Opti, CC made it clear last year (September time I think) that there weren't any attractive deals on the table at that stage and that a deal won't be forthcoming until they have more data, implying we would need to be at least partway through 1b for any deal to land. That, IMO, explains the share price action since. Up until then and for many years momentum had always been maintained due to hope/ belief of a deal or major breakthrough dropping at any moment but for the first time after those comments that hope disintegrated. This then put the CLN firmly in the spotlight and became the sole basis in which trading decisions were made.
I'd argue though that we're in/entering 'deal could land any day' territory once again and that's why the SP is finally stabilising. I don't think anyone is expecting it tomorrow but there's enough hope of something meaningful now landing before the late July Heights decision that the one-sided tug of war has become a bit more of a fair contest now.