I remember quite vividly when $NE printed the first sub $400 day rate…$330k for 3-4 yrs. It was fall 2014. At that moment I 4x my short.
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Mind you, $RIG has peaked at 55 the previous summer and was 45 when the $NE 330 print came. You don’t need to be a genius. The head of the fund told me we could get satellites to track which rigs were being laid up
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It was always a hurricane in those meetings but I just kept saying “perfect substitutes…$330 just printed…it’s over…don’t need satellites…”
$RIG went from $45 to $12 in 3 months. That is what the end of the cycle feels like. We are not close
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I get a lot of questions from people about whether they missed it. We are still very early days. Every cycle has gone THROUGH new build economics. This cycle will stay above for longer than any cycle in my view.
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Title 42 SCOTUS is a sideshow. It will go away but POTUS pivot away from 42 already in progress. Title 42 down to 30.7% of encounters on SW border vs. 60+ at peak. 42 = Expelled, while 8 = US Custody (ie $GEO or $CXW)
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The recent ICE data update showed $GEO SmartLINK numbers continuing to ramp higher. Now at 296k vs. $257k at 9/30
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Under the surface we are seeing the Title 8 numbers outpace Encounter growth as Title 42 fades away. We had 141k Title 8 apprehensions in November. ICE only has 34k prison beds. $GEO monitors 296k right now. Seems likely that $GEO BI contract growth will continue
$SDRL buys former $SDLP (now aquadrill). Aqua came out of C11 last spring. Distressed holders. My math is they got $176 million per floater. Not great print for $DO. For sector continues consolidation theme but just 5 rigs so whatever.
for $SDRL, Aqua guys have 38% of the stock so will remain a massive overhang. PF company now 12 UDWs, 3 harsh, 4 JUs so probably needs to merge with $BORR or find a way to keep scaling. $NE $RIG $VAL unlikely to be buyers of PF company.
Info of Chapter 11. Didn't realize that former $RIG boss Newman was running Aqua.
I fade AGL for other reasons than this:
-20 year contracts have no terminal value
-DCE #'s are trash
-50/50 JV split makes it impossible to make money
-Growth slowing
The LT Q? for VBC is if they can encroach on the 15/85 split. It is nonsensical for MCOs to keep 15% of premiums & lay off 100% of the risk over time. MCOs / CMS need to through a bone to VBC to make money (which no one is doing now)
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CMS & MCOs want VBC to grow. Currently, you lose money at the clinic level under ~70% utilization / 85% MLR. With VC / PE funding gone, will CMS / MCOs adjust this breakeven?
Everything I heard at the conference today points to: 1. Limited US production growth in ‘23. Inflation + Recession + Capital Return = 5-10% production growth 2. No management team wants to deviate from orthodoxy when follow the heard = make money
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3. Middle East + Offshore is where growth will come 4. It’s a great time to be in energy PE given capital scarcity and prospective returns 5. Permian Basin praise is to E&P as Reagan is to GOP 6. I think the next leg is an M&A wave, especially if $XOP lags
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7. There is a quiet confidence among investors and management about where sector is going. Hasn’t felt like this at an energy conference in a long long time but at the same time they are all very conservative with many talking about $40 oil downside cases
MS downgrade. They have a $4.50 low case. This thing is in a tough neighborhood but takes zero balance sheet risk. Share / penetration with credit unions / refi channel is ramping like it did in 2008
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$COF comments support same trend. Note that $LPRO credit qualify a lot better than $CACC on FICO.
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Much of the bear case rests on profit share going to zero. $LPRO gets half in first 12 months.
160k certs (210 guide) = $100+ of EBITDA (12x TEV).