Q: Journey energy is starting to move since April the CEO and CFO have been buyers(any comments on that?). What do you think of the CEO the metrics on the stock and the companies assets and balance sheet? It's P/E , price/book and P/Sales seem fine to me what's not to like?
5i Research Answer:
JOY has certainly outperformed the sector. Insiders own 10% and have increased their position 18% this year (not 18 percentage points). It is a good endorsement and there is only one reason to buy stock, though dozens of reasons to sell. We can't comment much other than it is a good sign. The stock is very cheap and growing nicely again. The balance sheet is strong (a small amount of net debt). Cash flow is good. It has a buyback in place (though it has not been active) and operating costs are moving down. We think the CEO is solid. There is small cap and sector risk here, but otherwise things look quite good.