RE:Debt ?Playsmart wrote: How much is Debt on Surge now after acquisition in Dec 2022. 272 M or 335 M ?
Debt was at $264 M at the end of Q3 and I believe they had to take on an additional $80 M of debt for their acquisition. Debt somewhere around $340 M at year end seems possible. We will have to wait until March 8th when the official year end results are released.
This increase in debt could spook investors. Be prepared to sell in late February. If you do not have a position yet, think about buying after their year end results are released. Investors might forgive them when they see that production increased last year to 25,000 boe/d at year end. Other investors might be angry that they only plan to maintain production and not grow production further in 2023.
I am never very good at predicting how the market will react to news. Companies seem to get beat up after any news release, good or bad. The new debt is a necessary evil. SGY needs to grow to attact institutional investors.
At $80 WTI, 25,000 boe/d will allow SGY to quickly pay down debt while easily covering their almost 5% dividend. There should be another increase to this dividend or possibly a special dividend sometime in Q3 as well as share buybacks.