Vermilion Energy Inc T.VET

It's gonna take a dividend increase ...

[prested]

...to lift this puppy from the floor methinks. Reducing debt, and buybacks just aren't doing it. way oversold and the wait for reason to prevail is very frustrating. GLTAL

[Ebankbank]

I agree, I bought for the monthly dividend at .23 cents sold when it went up. Bought back before winfall tax now it's lingering, the company in in good financial shape and it can afford a bigger increase then 10cents per quarter.  2.76 per share pre Covid and .64 per share after with the best debt situation in over 10 years and a really small share float. Let's go management hopefully

[RiverCartel]

VET is clost to hitting their debt targets. Once achieved the divy will increase. They are maxing out their buybacks already. Long term outlook for oil productioon and demand is steadily increasing in alignment. This suggests profits will be quite good for the distant future and VET becomes an atttractive buy at these prices.

[clamlinguine]

You must be kidding. The stock isn't rising because they aren't reducing debt or buying stock, they are buying assets and paying windfall taxes.  I wish. 

[Nuttw1ster]

...and those are the facts. Debt was hardly touched, dividend is too small to be supportive and 2023 is going to be a disaster in regards to debt reduction/production declines/FCF towards buybacks or dividends as per the numbers they provide.  The shares bought back thus far barely cover the new shares issued as compensation, the net result of 70 million$ of buyback cash is not anything for

[mnztr]

prioritizing buybacks over debt reduction is idiotic and shows the mgmt would rather do ANYTHING with the money vs returning it to shareholders. 

[JoeDev]

They haven't bought any shares back in the last 5 yrs. These are all lies by the company.  Check the shares outstanding.  Same as 5 yrs ago. Lies Lies Lies. I dont know how they get away with it..

[GregC24]

They "get away with it" because "well informed" people like you don't actually read the information provided by the company but instead go on the internet and make all sorts of wild statements based on an intent to misinform.   "In 2022, Vermilion purchased and cancelled 2.34 million common shares under the NCIB for total consideration of $71.7 million. The