RE: Malcy very complimentry1 Apr 2020 20:08
cperkin good find
Wentworth Resources
I spoke to Wentworth CEO earlier in the week, it is a favourite stock that is becoming more of an apple in the eye as time goes on. Wentworth doesn’t just have defensive qualities in this market, its attributes are positively abundant and they run a tight ship around there. The business is simple, transparent and recent management changes were fully supported by shareholders who are more than happy with the model.
The company ticks a lot of boxes right now, it has no commodity price volatility as its contract is to sell gas on long-term, fixed price contracts that provide for price escalation based on the US consumer price index. It has no debt and cash of $14.2m comfortably able to pay a dividend which yields over 7%. With magnificent simplicity the company states ‘as such, the company is not impacted by fluctuations in global commodity price’, touché as they say in the trade.
Unlike others they don’t need to cut capex, for the time being it’s not needed and spend is regular opex and development expenditure. They remain on track with existing forecasts and as can be seen are operationally resilient. At the moment they don’t even have a problem with COVID-19 although they have contingency plans with Maurel & Prom, the operator who can manage an outbreak by switching to a reserve crew they have on standby.
So what might be the downside? There is some country risk as ever given the market’s view on Tanzania in recent years but from what I’ve been hearing lately there is a good deal to be encouraged about in the area. As for being paid that has also been pretty much sorted, the company at last RNS said that they have been receiving consistent monthly payments for gas sales with receivables from TPDC of just one month.
I would suggest that Wentworth is in pretty good nick, indeed should something arise on the acquisition front I wouldnt rule out something, management is always on the lookout but the supportive shareholders are certainly not expecting it. The management is highly rated and the top team work together very well, the company has repaid its debt, is financially prudent and must be one of the strongest companies in the sector operationally and financially, as I said before, what’s not to like?