RE: Profit12 Jan 2022 07:53
High BrownGeorge,
YUs problems with SP are in my eyes due to the following reasons
1. The past, which is a real shame and naive of investors, YU is a totally different beast now, profitable, high growth and laser focussed on becoming a major player , when I asked what the 5 year vision was 12 months ago it was an instant answer, £500m turnover highly profitable major challenger. Now that is some statement when YU only just turned over 100m due to C19. These guys mean business and delivering so the past is the past and that was 4 years ago.
2. Market Cap, to low needs to be over 100m to attract a bigger pool of IIs so we need a big uplift in SP which will drive the IIs to join the party and push us back to pre 2018 levels.
3. Dividend, they use to pay one and a good way for BK to personally earn a decent wedge as you say will not cost much to start with say 1 to 2p but a dividend paying company is viewed so different they are cherished as so few actually pay one most are always asking for more cash. So yes would love a dividend and yes I think it is possible this year one the energy crisis ends.
4. Investors are ignoring what YU has achieved in 2020 and 2021 this incredible position through C19 and lockdown and now the energy crisis, which has savaged rivals and only a say around 15 to 20 will remain out of 70, which in turn I think will drive consolidTion, I have always thought a logical merger is smartest business energy and YU, YU is now around twice the size when both 24 months ago the same size on turnover. Great fit as both sit under Smartest for Hedging
5. Where do I see YU in 12m and 5 years ? This depends on investor appetite as once the herd arrive and we have IIs taking chunks the SP will enventually end up at fair value for a growth stock, current sector PE is 30 after 2021 results we will be around 10 is my my guess , so you can triple the SP to get to CNA, TEP measurements, if you take the growth potential the PE should be valued like a tech stock and a PE of 50 to 100 isn’t unreasonable. Either way you cut it the SP is a joke and we should be £5 already not £2.50