RE: Bond PIK announcement29 Jan 2021 12:20
I'll expect the 2H 2020 accounts to be similar to 1H 2020.. Only thing positive is that some impairments from 1H 2020 on Kraken were based on lower future oil price forecasts.. " Lower oil price assumptions resulted in non-cash post-tax impairments of $251.6 million".. That's similar to the market cap of the entire company.. (10.8p)
"The Base case is in line with the Group’s production guidance and uses an oil price assumption of $40/bbl for the remainder of 2020, $47/bbl for 2021, with a longer-term price assumption of $60/bbl and are broadly in line with current consensus."
The average for 2021 might be nearer $60, so bodes well for not having any more large impairments.. I would reverse out the last impairment as much as possible to make the balance sheet look prettier.. This will strengthen the balance sheet much more than any trading profit for 2H 2020. Brent $65 plus from 2022 seems plausible given Biden is in.. and Shale has to produce it's Tier 2 stock.. which needs slightly higher prices.
Vaccines need 6mths plus to make a difference. Even in the UK, they have done 7.5m, but will probably need till end of Feb 2021 to do the remainder of the first 15m (so 2 weeks extra).. April 2021 is really the ideal time to see the start of some return to normality assuming we continue with 250k vaccines a day in the UK.
Today the price is 12.30p .. surely it has to go up from here.