The specificity of the planned conversion date is most welcome. And $10/share is better than a sharp stick in the eye while a heavy slug of cash remains on the balance sheet.
I’ll stay away from over-reading the dividend tea leaves for the time being. The “new guys”, having a ton of cash and freedom, might go in a direction that makes us wish conversion happened a long time ago.
Let us never forget that this all could have been avoided.
Happy Thanksgiving!
We’ve been conditioned to expect a big lump of coal in our stocking.
The period between now and 1/1 is relatively unproductive in banking, capital markets, law, and the like. My base case is a postponement. What’s yours?
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97517/000009751720000051/exhibit991q32020earnin.htm
Expenses moving down.
What was sold?
The Trust recognized land sales revenue of $11.5 million for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020 and $4.6 million for the comparable period of 2019.
$46mm in net income + $4mm in depreciation = $50mm more cash on the balance sheet. Add that to the $258mm from the end of Q2 to get $308mm or ~$40/share or 8.5% of market cap.
Update: The actual cash number is $316mm.
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