RE: Smoking gun - someone is loading up!16 May 2026 09:55
Shorts are too heavy against each other, so when one moves the others will have to follow to maximise their profit.
New Group CEO Francisco Iglesias takes the wheel, bringing a proven track record from his previous role heading up Mobico’s highly successful Spanish division, Alsa.
Strong Financial Performance: Latest full year group revenue rose 5.4% to £2.74 billion, with adjusted operating profit beating market guidance at £198 million, heavily propelled by record double digit growth at Alsa.
Debt Reduction: Net debt successfully decreased to £1.08 billion, funded directly by £273 million in cash proceeds from selling off the North American school bus business.
Legacy Contract Cleanup: Management is actively deploying a restructuring playbook to fix messy, loss making legacy contracts:
German Rail: Secured an agreement in principle to completely de risk and stabilise the operations.
CARTA (US): Successfully exited this loss making contract early.
WMATA (US): Actively pursuing legal redress to restructure this onerous £52 million transit contract at WeDriveU.
Aggressive Cost Cutting: A group wide corporate integration program is firmly on track to deliver £100 million in annualised cost savings by the end of 2026.
Target price 1st July 2026 = 30
Target price December 2026 = 50