RE: Dividends v Buybacks18 Oct 2022 17:51
My opinion:
We need higher divis and buybacks.
My reason: and sorry it won't be technical .
We had a HUGE raise that crippled the SP for at least 8 months.
That investment has paid off in spades, we are making, and sitting on tons of cash, if it isn't making over 5% in the bank it's devaluing, unless the company have the spare cash after capex earmarked for a bargain sometime soon it would make sense to buyback and increase the divi. I.E. We should buy back the placing shares, they have served their purpose.
If we need a lump of cash in the future we can borrow it, I should imagine our credit is pretty good, we can have a placing as before( not so good) If we don't then all well and good.
My take is this. If you aren't making your money make money you aren't trying hard enough.
Happy to be shown why I'm wrong if I am.
All very simplistic but I don't pretend to be an oil man, I'm here to make money, preferably over a long period and that's how I've run my businesses in the past.