Days of Negative Free Cash Flow Look Over for Santos -- Market Talk

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0026 GMT - For Jarden, the key message from Santos's investor day was that the days of negative free cash flow are over--as long as oil prices are above $50 a barrel. Santos can invest $2 billion annually to grow production at a compound annual rate of 4%. Analyst Nik Burns says every $10/bbl above $50/bbl oil will generate $550 million-$600 million of free cash flow for Santos. The company will return at least 60% of this to shareholders. "While last-minute commissioning issues continue to plague Barossa LNG and Pikka (and we anticipate a production guidance downgrade in July), the free cash flow story is real and at $90/bbl oil price Santos should generate a 14% free cash flow yield," Jarden says. (david.winning@wsj.com; @dwinningWSJ)

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