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Will the Supermajors cut their dividends?
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Report summary
Equinor’s 67% dividend cut has thrown down the gauntlet to the Supermajors. The world’s five largest IOCs have so far held firm on their dividend commitment even as yields have soared into double digits. The Supermajors have sufficient financial capacity to ride out the storm in 2020. But cash burn will be brutal at current prices and the market turmoil will concentrate minds on the task that lies ahead to build a sustainable business model. Are lower dividends needed to generate sufficient surplus cash flow to sustain the legacy business or build new cash engines in renewables?
Table of contents
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Executive summary
- Are the Supermajors’ dividends still sacrosanct?
- Financial flexibility to pay dividends at US$25/bbl
- The Majors are burning through cash despite steep cost cuts
- A dramatic liquidity boost and strong balance sheets can support dividends in 2020
- The dividend dilemma – defend or cut?
- Equinor has cut first. Will a Supermajor break rank?
Tables and charts
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- Supermajors’ dividend growth per share
- Evolution of dividend yield
- Q4 2019 gearing versus estimated 2020 cash flow breakeven after cost cutting
- Evolution of gearing at 2020 cash burn rate under US$25/bbl
- Evolution of gearing at 2020 cash burn rate under US$25/bbl after 20% book value write-down
- Dividend payments as a percentage of overall investment budgets have been rising
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