RE: All eyes are on WG, will whoosh again on move up18 Feb 2025 10:37
Agree, please don't put your money in this company which has not managed a positive cash flow since 2015. No dividends have also been paid.
Amec alone was worth over £5.5 Billion in 2014, bought Foster Wheeler for $2.2 Billion in cash and had to borrow money to pay. The share price dropped like a hammer after. J
John Wood Group thought they knew better, got greedy, bought AFW with a share offer, and took over more than $2 Billion in debt, but couldn't pay. Disposed of several profit-making business units, and still in debt.
Read the RNS two days ago, they will be cash negative of between $150m to $200m. I believe it will be worse because as of yesterday, they were looking to refinance their debt which will be costly adding a lot more in finance fees and interest. Interestingly, they deliberately decided not to add the $200 million bank facility (i.e., overdraft) they had exhausted at year-end. They can't even be open with the market.
There is no guarantee of future profits, considering they overstated their prior year's profits which Deloitte will restate after the reviews.
Dividends will not be made for another four years if you are lucky. If you were Sadara, you would think twice before coming back for a round-two takeover.
DON'T BUY, those who are pushing positive vibes about Wood are those who bought between 35-40 pence and want to get rid of it. They will be selling you their losses.
DON'T BE TEMPTED FOR 1 SECOND!!!!!