Opinions David Fingold
BP PLCBPCOMMENTSep 19, 2016
Stock 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.
One thing is that safety issues are not new to this company. Within the majors that operate within the US, this has been the one with the worst safety record. You can’t attract and retain quality employees if they are concerned about health and safety. Also, they have basically run all of their foreign operations through the US, so they are very exposed in terms of liability. He also is not interested in investing in oil and gas.