RE: Close Bros virgin trade8 Feb 2024 17:25
The silly thing now is, if they did a rights issue for £200m at the start of all of this , the issue would be covered and the market cap higher than currently.
But the allowing to let this drag down is turning catastrophic.
If I had to guess, they are reactive to the potential exposure , they have issues with impairment, they’ve bought a business (again) at the worst possible time and excluding all of that “normal profits” now they can’t charge extra commissions and have a lowe demand environment, pbt is £60m going forward.
Couple this all together , the dividend is going to be held up for a while and after that, the level of it , it’s cover and the company’s growth rate are in question.
All IMO, but someone in the market agrees