IFT - Infratil

**artemis** · 22-03-2018, 10:35 AM

Infratil on a tear today. TECT the only news AFAIK. Would that have this effect?

**JeremyALD** · 22-03-2018, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by artemis

Infratil on a tear today. TECT the only news AFAIK. Would that have this effect?

Yes trust power is up 8% and ift is a majority shareholder

**BlackCross** · 22-03-2018, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by JeremyALD

Yes trust power is up 8% and ift is a majority shareholder

MorningStar.... earlier in the month "... If the TECT plan succeeds, we estimate Trustpower's EBITDA could fall a total of 13% over the long term, with most of the hit beyond fiscal 2023...."

So a nice result for IFT

**Pmdv77** · 23-03-2018, 07:21 PM

Does anyone have any thoughts on the share buy back? My simple maths tells me around 9% of shares could be purchased. $3.50 TP on the back of that at the TECT issue going away?

**hardt** · 23-03-2018, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by Pmdv77

Does anyone have any thoughts on the share buy back? My simple maths tells me around 9% of shares could be purchased. $3.50 TP on the back of that at the TECT issue going away?

They do have around $580m in cash just lying around the house... share bb stated "will not exceed 50million shares"

Quite a lot to buy over the next 3 months, doubt they are going to reach that many sellers... will also cost them around $150m.

They have searched the market and found the best buying opportunity... themselves.

**Hectorplains** · 23-03-2018, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by hardt

They have searched the market and found the best buying opportunity... themselves.

Uninspiring (not a growth play) and repeats previous buyback plays by IFT - the benefit of which have been negligible for shareholders.

**horus1** · 24-03-2018, 11:03 AM

I think they can only buy back if the internal analysis shows the value of the shares on the market are under the value of the internal analysis.i.e. they are underpriced.

**value_investor** · 24-03-2018, 11:27 AM

Its hard to find value out there at the moment with the prices on offer and their shares are offering good value with the TECT things going on with it going down.