RE: Shorts25 Jun 2024 21:58
Hi Clued,
Actually the nat gas price means very little to Dec in the short term because they have 90%+ of there rolling 12 month expected production hedged. so when you have so little of your nat gas being sold at spot it doesn't affect your short term numbers much. The hedge whether its in the money or out of the money gives the company the same cash-flow at the end of the day & they know what that number is going to be well in advance of it happening. Yes the headline number on the accounts changes a lot depending on how much the hedge gains or lose's for Dec, but not the real amount of cash it has.
A spike in the 12 month or 24 month strip means there able to lock-in higher revenue in due course, but virtually none of it filters through for a year or more.
They could do, to increase their risk profile slightly & limit themselves to say a maximum hedge of 75-80% of production, to increase the potential for banking spikes in the spot market.
Given they pretty much know there cash-flow for the next quarter, they should be able to declare how much is going to be spent on the buy-back in the coming quarter (should the share price remain below X price) to ensure its accretive to the business & thus adding value for long-term shareholders.
The dividend should be able to rise slowly by using a fixed amount in $ per quarter to be paid out, but it gets paid out to few & few shares & thus increases slowly but surely over time as the buy-back does its job.
That's the ideal scenario your looking for.
LOTM