RE: For what it's worth30 Jun 2018 22:58
Can a company buy back shares to reduce shares in issue,just a thought,..GLA
Yes, good example BP and Shell, they sometimes buy back shares in order to reduce their dividend bill , ie less shares in circulation, but unless the buyback is funded out of positive cashflows they may otherwise borrow funds in order to do so. Not sustainable in the long term, BP and Shell have been discussed quite a lot on the question of sustainability of paying their 6-7% dividend etc. All is well as long as the price of oil is what it is today and rising if at $100/barrel great, but nothing lasts forever.
But on the Mcap issue, UKOG would have to undergo a massive transformation in order to get to a £10Billion valuation., it only has a handful of permanent employees ffs. Dreamland.