RE: Holidays abroad increasingly unlikely government sources fear.20 Mar 2021 12:12
The major issue that is looming into view is the South Africa variant, vaccine efficacy against this strain is much lower and scientists believe 10-20% of cases in France are as a result of it. If spread continues and reduced efficacy is confirmed then foreign travel is a no go this summer.
What I also must call out is the stupidity of that daily mail column from 'Mr Money Maker'. He talks about IAG being valued at 495p pre covid and that despite the price doubling since the summer lows of £1, it remains capable of moving up strongly from here... why is he talking about share price and not market cap?????
At the 495p peak of 2018 (it was as low as 250p in 2016), there were 1.983b shares in issue, giving a market cap of £9.8b
At the current price of 207p, there are 4.97b shares now in issue, giving a market cap of £10.2b
So the current equity value of the company is already higher than it was at it's peak in 2018. Yet the fundamentals are significantly worse regardless of what happens this summer. In addition;
- There will be no dividends before the end of 2023
- Net assets at the end of 2020 were £1.3b, versus £6.9b at the end of 2019.
So why would the share price move strongly higher? Personally I think it appears to be defying gravity at the moment...