Why UKR peace NOT big risk to TGA9 Dec 2022 08:52
People calling the prospect of peace in Ukraine as a big risk to coal prices, and so to Thungela.
For Thungela, the risk in my view, is much smaller than people think…
Say there is a peace resolution in 6months time. At 195/t acheived price til then, expect cash pile to close in 6m time at >USD1.4bn (pre divi).
At that point, say the coal price collapses to $80/t as peace is announced.
Since the company would have by then grown so much more of a cash pile, the marginal impact on the share price will diminish markedly from lower coal price.
You can look at my Freecashflow calcs of other thread.
If you say a 20% yield is fair valuation at 80/t; then what you get given the substantially larger cash pile, is the risk to downside from here is ONLY LIMITED to 15-20% so to 1100-1150p at $80/t coal. And again this assumes the company does nothing with the cash pile in terms of M&A/ new activity and surprise…
The further away a resolution is from that point, the lesser the impact obviously.
As such, I think your argument of peace resolution as being a killer to the stock is indeed misguided.