a little thought for the day1 Aug 2018 13:31
The lancs CPR presents NPV's for the EPS based on various forward oil prices and discount factors. i would suggest we look to be currently on the "high" oil price case. NPV10 is declared at $736M (and i would suggest most II's would look at the NPV10). given the number of shares plus conv bond shares, the current effective mcap is $1647M. so the market is either pricing in higher oil prices during the EPS time frame (which seams unlikely when you look at other producing oilers, many of whom have EV's below the NPV10 of thier oil) or is pricing in part of the upside value of 2C all ready. while i accept IFD's could be considered by hur, the stated business objective is a sale is one form or the other. in other words the numbers clearly show there is a bid premium in the current mcap....