A closer look at Woolworths’ off market share buy-back
In this week’s video insight, Stuart takes a closer look at off market share buy-backs. Earlier this week Woolworths announced an off market buy-back as the company returns the $1.7 billion received from the sale of its petrol business. One of the key assumptions is that the shareholder is able to utilise any capital losses created from selling into the buy-back. Although Stuart identifies some factors which will impact this.
The Montaka Global Funds are short Woolworths Group. This video was prepared 03 April with the information we have today, and our view may change. It does not constitute formal advice or professional investment advice. If you wish to trade Woolworths you should seek financial advice.
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