RE: And we are off .....Webcast comments here27 Jul 2023 12:06
It was a bit of an underwhelming update at first, as it seems they always have a series of complicated impairments/expenditures etc. - it is a global business and very complicated beast with a lot of things happening in every division. And reading the update it’s not easy to get your head around it.
On top of that posting a loss is never great.
I’m happy with them mentioning covid support levels and the withdrawal of support accordingly as that puts things into perspective - without this info it would seem that the company is in a downward spiral or stagnating but it’s the exact opposite.
It seems at least to me that they are taking very positive steps to prime the business for growth and capitalisation of profit from revenue streams in H2. (Increased ticket prices, streamlined operations - with 200 redundancies, U.S. drivers mostly recruited etc.)
As long as they can deliver anywhere near the £200m full year profit and hopefully boost the full year dividend accordingly the share price will follow.
I’m happy to hold provided the above happens, and although not what we wanted the update seems to be positive when you chew though it - and believe you me I have 😂
I have a boat load of these now and they are staying out. If it drops to silly levels I will keep adding.
PS I think they are at a silly level now.