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Hunting

March 2024

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After two months deliberating, I finally added Hunting to TP2 last month, my confidence boosted by a trading update which not only reconfirmed existing expectations (EBITDA: US$96m-US$100m), powered by EBITDA margins rising from 7% to c. 10.5% but also said margins are on track to hit its 2025 target of c. 14-16%. In addition, EBITDA for 2024 is expected to hit US$125m-US$135m, bang in line. But the “new” news is the 12% growth in its sales order book from the end of Q3 to c. US$575m (and +21% year-on-year) following a further large order win for titanium stress joints and OCTG accessories for clients in the Black Sea and South America, respectively. Helped by strong collections and the completion of residual oil &am ...

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Hunting - Record order book driving shares to highs (May 2024)

Hunting - Explosive demand and a soon-to-be prospective PE of 9.0 (December 2023)

Hunting (September 2023)

Hunting (July 2023)

Hunting (April 2023)

Hunting - Raises 2023 market expectations (February 2023)

Hunting (December 2022)

Hunting - Oilfield services firm benefits from US resurgence; order book doubles (November 2022)

Hunting - Oil rally boosts shares (November 2016)

Hunting (December 2015)

Hunting - Shares hit by large downgrade (November 2015)

Hunting (June 2015)

Hunting - Poor gas prices hurt demand (November 2013)

Hunting (May 2013)

Hunting - Pretax profit up 153% (November 2012)

Hunting - Oil rig activity still buoyant (June 2012)

Hunting (April 2012)

Hunting - Supplier of down-hole products for oil wells seeing explosion in demand (March 2012)

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Hunting

March 2024

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