John Wood Group PLC (WG)

Consulting group sale ageeed at $1.9b with net proceeds of $1.8b. Group debt at dec ‘21 being $1.4 b. Sale clears debt and leaves cash surplus. Dividend to be reinstated. Once short term opportunistic investors (who came in for sale bounce) sell out, this share ought improve steadily operating in a key & growth sector.

With new oilfields going to get green light, WG. will get going. The Greens and Scottish SNP are making fuel crisis worse by discouraging the Cambo oil field, which should be opened as a matter of urgency.https://www.energylivenews.com/2022/02/08/will-the-uk-greenlight-six-new-oil-and-gas-fields-in-north-sea/

Full year trading update in line with analysts consensus. Plus: announce the plan to sell their consultancy division. Initial reports suggest sale could be woth £2b https://bloom.bg/3fkbHP2 if achieved that would clear all £1.4b of borrowings. Expect share price to fly.

Analysts update 7 Dec ‘21: Several brokerages have issued reports on WG. Citigroup Nov 24th reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 270 ($3.58) price target. Berenberg Bank cut their price objective on John Wood Group from GBX 280 ($3.71) to GBX 250 ($3.32) and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on John Wood Group from GBX 340 ($4.51) to GBX 330 ($4.38) and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 15th. Finally, Barclays dropped their target price on John Wood Group from GBX 370 ($4.91) to GBX 360 ($4.77) and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, August 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company.

Broker upgrades to 330 price target

what is causing this massive drop??

There will be a short squeeze here... Soon, very soon... buckle up and enjoy the ride :)

History and figures........look at the past.