Onwards and upwards

One year on from Hunting’s 2030 Strategy launch some good progress has been made towards these long-term targets in mixed market conditions. H124 EBITDA came in at U$60.3m (+c.23% y-o-y), in line with pre-close commentary. Successful order execution in International and Subsea markets more than offset largely weaker North American oil and gas demand. An elevated order book position, re-affirmed EBITDA and year-end net cash guidance (both raised at the end of H1), together with a 10% interim DPS uplift, all project a confident outlook. Strong H124 EBITDA increases from Subsea, OCTG and Advanced Manufacturing operations were partly offset by a lower Perforating Systems’ contribution, but good y-o-y and sequential progress was achieved by the...