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My interest in Orbital began when it was CUI Global and was
primarily concerned with its disruptive natural gas monitoring and
testing solutions based on its GasPT
sensors. However, after being delayed to the brink of bankruptcy
by the U.K. and Italy, and making to herculean efforts to avoid
diluting shareholders, management transferred
control to new CEO James O'Neil, who aims to transform the
businesses into a diversified energy & telecommunication
services company. This
involved the sale of the data center power and gas
businesses, followed by the acquisition
of Reach Construction and many other dilutive transactions. In
the process the company name changed to Orbital Energy Group
(symbol OEG) and then Orbital Infrastructure Group (symbol OIG).
This section has become public since the original investment
thesis is long gone and my own investments long ago transitioned
to other natural gas companies, like GLNG
and NFE, both of which are covered on the private
subscriber side and have proven fabulously profitable.
Orbital stands as an example of how good companies and rational
strategic moves don't always make good investments, and I think my
analysis was appropriately cautious every step of the way.
Updates: |
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Orbital denouement | 11:49 05-Oct-23 |
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pre-expiration news and trading notes | 17:05 19-Aug-22 |
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New Fortress Hydrogen agreement and other earnings follow up | 09:58 12-Aug-22 |
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Amsc 1Q22 schedule and more | 09:47 29-Jul-22 |
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Magnachip 2Q22 schedule and market finance notes | 10:16 26-Jul-22 |
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Akoustis DARPA contract and trading notes | 11:59 24-Jun-22 |
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charts, Kinetik financing framework, Vodafone news & more | 12:16 16-May-22 |
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MACom GaN-on-Si milestone, Himax follow-up and trading notes | 07:37 13-May-22 |
?3 |
Kinetik 1Q22 results | 09:43 11-May-22 |
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Google & other tangential earnings and other follow ups | 14:09 29-Apr-22 |
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New Fortress Gulf application complete & MACom DoD contract | 09:17 26-Apr-22 |
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market notes, ABB 1Q22 results, Westport & Nokia schedules | 10:28 21-Apr-22 |
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New Fortress, Himax, MACom 1Q22 schedules and more | 09:34 13-Apr-22 |
?3 |
Friday jobs preview and macro update | 08:36 01-Apr-22 |
?2 |
Yield considerations in a transitional market | 19:50 28-Mar-22 |
?2 |
Magnachip & PPL 4Q21 schedules, plus gas & India notes | 16:29 31-Jan-22 |
?1 |
first trading note of 2022 and website changes | 12:24 04-Jan-22 |
?1 |
NFE Norsk inked plus near and long term thoughts | 09:53 13-Dec-21 |
+1 |
spin offs, OMIBs, dividends, hydrocarbons, EVs and more | 09:07 08-Dec-21 |
+1 |
jobs and GRoDT news | 10:13 03-Dec-21 |
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Lumen secure remote work and other government matters | 06:22 03-Dec-21 |
?2 |
look ahead on a short week | 11:44 26-Nov-21 |
?2 |
market leverage and other news | 12:03 19-Nov-21 |
-3 |
Orbital 3Q21 results and Vodafone 1H22 schedule | 09:09 15-Nov-21 |
?2 |
currencies and weekly wrap | 10:17 12-Nov-21 |
+2 |
New Fortress 3Q21 results and more | 08:41 03-Nov-21 |
?2 |
BGC Corant closing, Telus 3Q21 and Amdocs schedules plus follow-up and look ahead | 21:55 01-Nov-21 |
?2 |
Nokia 3Q21 results, Orbital Full Moon terms, Intel OMIBs & trading notes | 01:40 28-Oct-21 |
?2 |
WFS 3Q21 schedule and plausible deniability | 09:29 26-Oct-21 |
?2 |
Golar financing, potential new utility addition and more | 15:45 30-Sep-21 |
+1 |
currencies, commodities and the market | 16:28 20-Sep-21 |
+1 |
crypto thoughts and the market | 13:06 08-Sep-21 |
-3 |
market leverage, Akoustis 2Q21 schedule and Orbital results | 14:15 16-Aug-21 |
+1 |
Resonant Product Development VP and Orbital solar contract | 09:33 09-Aug-21 |
?3 |
jobs report and Orbital 2Q21 schedule | 09:00 06-Aug-21 |
?1 |
eMagin 2Q21 schedule and trade-focused previews & follow-ups | 11:44 03-Aug-21 |
+1 |
Resonant 2Q21 schedule, VOD OMIB and more | 09:14 02-Aug-21 |
-3 |
Orbital Direct Offering, plus Golar & New Fortress notes | 15:41 21-Jul-21 |
+2 |
adding AKTS, Resonant WaveX software and pricing notes | 09:30 22-Jun-21 |
?1 |
macro trading thoughts and news | 13:39 10-Jun-21 |
+3 |
Orbital solar contract and Lumen video distribution | 12:43 09-Jun-21 |
+2 |
Himax dividend, plus networking & macro thoughts | 09:29 03-Jun-21 |
-3 |
Orbital Energy Group 1Q21 results | 09:52 17-May-21 |
?3 |
Vuzix 1Q21 results and Orbital schedule | 16:59 10-May-21 |
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1Q21 energy follow ups | 09:13 07-May-21 |
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New Fortress schedule, ABB 1Q21 report and more | 04:36 27-Apr-21 |
?2 |
PPL news and market update | 15:40 22-Apr-21 |
+1 |
BGC and Clearway 1Q21 schedules | 16:17 14-Apr-21 |
?3 |
Orbital Energy Group 4Q20 results | 10:35 30-Mar-21 |
+2 |
gas, macro and new pick | 09:25 29-Mar-21 |
?3 |
Nokia job cuts, Hygo closing & Orbital 4Q20 schedules | 10:11 16-Mar-21 |
?1 |
AES investor day and more on energy | 12:38 05-Mar-21 |
+3 |
OEG convertible debt amendment | 19:43 16-Feb-21 |
-3 |
Orbital files $150M shelf | 16:37 03-Feb-21 |
+1 |
AMSC 3Q20 schedule, Indian budget, and more | 19:29 01-Feb-21 |
+2 |
AES 4Q20 schedule, Virtu Analytics APIs and more | 09:53 25-Jan-21 |
-2 |
MACom 1Q21 schedule and OEG placement | 09:27 13-Jan-21 |
?2 |
Himax 4Q20 schedule and more | 10:39 12-Jan-21 |
?4 |
OEG dilution, HIMX movement and weekly claims | 16:03 31-Dec-20 |
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Virtu 4Q20 schedule and GRoDT market thoughts | 10:37 30-Dec-20 |