RE: RNS23 Jun 2023 20:50
Yeah this is my biggest issue with JW - his forecasting is poor. I understand that the closure date of the finance deal is partially out of his control, but constantly giving estimates and missing them isn't good for the market. Problem is the market demands updates constantly, so JW tries to feed that by giving estimates.
We've heard some things about the work carried forward. I'm sure it was announced that we'd resolved the Saipem contract payments and received them in full. We've also received the delayed M55 payment from what I remember. These are the kind of things that should be bundled into business update RNSs.
JW if you're reading - start doing quarterly business updates from July 1st! A lot of AIM companies do this, but it feels like with HARL the updates come whenever JW feels like it. We had one March 1st, right in the middle of Q1. Ideally should have early April after the quarter.
From a lot of people I've spoken with we all know a lot is happening in the background, yet us shareholders are kept in the dark. I remain confident that we will hit the 2023 forecast and believe JW was conservative in setting it, but the market isn't going to believe it until the end of year RNS after what happened last year. 2024 is when this share will shine, after hitting 2023 targets and reiterating the 2024 target. If neither of those things come to fruition then we'll be having these same conversations until 2025.