Opinions Bruce Tatters
BP PLCBPCOMMENTMay 30, 2016
Bruce TattersStock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 10, 2026. Market Open.
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Stock's never really recovered from oil spill in 2010. Macro overlay of tariffs and a slowing economy. Would make sense for Shell to try for a takeout, but would probably fail on anti-trust. He thinks Shell is the better company, and that's the one he holds in the space.
Generally, oil is out of favour. You make money when you buy, not when you sell. If you like the name, you can buy it here. If you get a takeout premium on it, then sell into the premium and don't wait for the close.
It's the cheapest oil company. Are buying back stock an are increasing the dividend, but they let their debt get too high. Then, oil prices softened. We likes the new CEO, though, and will announce a new strategy. He expects asset sales to reduce debt and eventually raise share prices.
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One of the best performing major energy companies in the world.
Trades at cheaper price than other names in the sector.
Very good oil marketing & trading group.
Good capital allocation at company with share buybacks and debt reduction.
Expecting recovery of oil price going forward.
Jamie Murray Buying back shares, increased dividend, paying down debt. Returning free cashflow to shareholders. Will continue to do that. Trying to be more environmentally friendly, but can't avoid that they're oil & gas. Capex will slowly go up. Throws up a lot of cash. Dividend is well supported.
Very much like all the other super majors. A very disciplined, very large project company with global assets. They are all categorized as safer businesses, more steady stream, not a lot of growth, and in really bad oil markets funds tend to allocate their money into them as safer places. His view is that the oil cycle is turning. This one is cheap trading at 4.5 X this year’s EBITDA. There is virtually no growth in the business. Prefers Suncor (SU-T), which has non-declining assets. (See Top Picks.)