By Paul Sankey
Published on November 7, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Devon Energy Board’s strategic review culminated with a thud this past week in a “Letter to Shareholders” that accompanied results after the market on Thursday. The letter was met with howls of protest from shareholders (at least the shareholder activists). In this note we consider the Devon board’s memo to itself. The letter was released with good 3Q results, and concluded: “restructuring complete”. The “carry on, as you were” strategy flies in the face of …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on November 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Greetings, Two big things today, we approach the week with Mid-term Election trepidation, after a violent end to last week, and Apple earnings etc tomorrow. Plenty of oil earnings. By Friday we will be all-but done, with EOG reporting. A major Long Only client pointed out that BP earnings estimates are far too low, on a stock that already looks extremely cheap. We had a little mutter about the Sellside these days, by which there …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on October 11, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Truly loyal readers will remember that the “Sunday Sankey” started as a weekly presentation file. Along the way it became an email. The good news is, after my speaker slot at the “Masters of the Universe” group dinner last Wednesday, there has been some demand for a marketing visit from clients, and you are welcome to request one, please do. I miss the company! So I needed to refresh my slide deck, and this was …
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