AB should class all shareholders as consultants and asked them to Invoice the company for x amount of pence for each share owned, Leave the government with FA windfall tax . Just saying !
The uncertainty caused by this disgraceful government has caused panic within the oil sector and I just don't see any good news or any reasons to attract investors to oil stocks. All we have left is hope that there will be some profits left to split between the SH's. Imagin how AB is feeling about it !
We seem stuck again in a tight range from mid July, Not just us but most other oillies apart from BP that broke out around the same time. Our EV is falling away with the debt when it should be increasing.
Spin, My mortgage has gone up, the guys working for me their mortgages have gone up… we all work a few more hours to pay it, no need to ask anyone for help !
The whole purpose of buy backs is to reduce the amount of shares so why would you wait for a more expensive SP ? At 25p the company could buy 4 shares per pound so why wait for the price to rise and only get say 2 or 3 shares per pound spent ? Doesn’t make any sense to me.
You need a combination of both to lift the SP otherwise buybacks alone will just help shareholders looking for returns exit and it doesn’t attract new shareholders. Dividends attract shareholders and buy backs underpin the SP during times of market weakness. Like I said before £50m set aside for buybacks and a £100m dividend would be 10% return on a market cap of £1b Easily affordable with FCF around $500m