By Paul Sankey
Published on July 29, 2021 at 9:29 AM
When we wrote The Renaissance Thesis of US E&P in 2017, we argued that oil companies had to stop pursuing growth, reduce capex, increase returns and free cashflow and stop hedging. We also highlighted that management pay relative to performance was an insult to shareholders (those shareholders that remain). The anti-hedging argument was originally made successfully to the refiners. In fact, the overall thesis on E&P was based on success earlier in the decade, changing […]
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By Paul Sankey
Published on July 25, 2021 at 12:39 PM
Greetings, It is all about the presentation this week; please click on the attached file for a look at what is in store for the week ahead – earnings; OPEC chat; what to buy when US natgas prices hit $4/mmbtu, which they did this past week; factor performance disconnection; and our only solution since we wrote The Renaissance Thesis of US E&P in 2017, namely hard cash return to shareholders. These oils have to bribe […]
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By Paul Sankey
Published on July 23, 2021 at 9:12 AM
The “Why we prefer buybacks” note yesterday got a lot of feedback. There was some comment that it had no conclusion, to which my response was 1) it should have been titled Part 1 because this will be a continued theme for us through earnings and beyond because 2) my old line “you don’t buy cheap stocks and sell expensive ones, you buy good management” is the key. The chart on Sankey Stars would indicate […]
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