Winners and Losers22 Apr 2023 13:08
Well the annual accounts finally landed albeit after the market closed at 6.30pm. The market reaction on Monday should be interesting. The majority of the report is focused on post year end events, which they EXPECT (they have expected great things in the past but never delivered) to make 2023 a great year, not sure they realise we are already almost 6 months into it.
With revenue of £582k from rental income and the sale of hydrogen (which I might add includes £214k deferred from 2021) the year must be considered disappointing. The £2m paid up front by ABB has become £1.6m of deferred income to be taken in 2023, furthermore the final £2m has been revised into a subscription of £2m worth of shares diluting shareholders.
The first winner is AB, although his remuneration appears to have reduced from £876k to £597k he has been awarded a LTIP of £241k (2021 nil) to bring him to within a whisker of the previous year. The second winners are the Auditors whose fees have risen from £155k to £312k an outrageous amount for a company with so little financial activity.
The big losers are of course us shareholders, the only strand we can hold onto is the 195p price EXPECTATION being spouted (for at least 2 years now) by Peel Hunt. I fully EXPECT this post to be shot down (all figures stated are factual from the report and accounts) - so off you go.