We do expect to generate pretty
decent net cash flow from launching lots of satellites and servicing the space station for NASA, transferring cargo to and from the space station, and then I know that there's a lot of people in the private sector who are interested in helping fund a base on Mars.
It's cheap (taking the midpoint of its guidance it's on less than 5.5 x earnings), it has got a strong balance sheet (
net debt / EBITDA was 0.8 x at end - 2010), it has a stable business model (it is the biggest distributor of fruit and vegetables in Europe, with a reach that enables it to supply multiples across different countries), it has a
decent dividend yield (circa 4.5 %) and it is spitting out
cash (free
cash flow for the twelve months ended 30 June 2011 amounted to $ 29.0 m — that's nearly a quarter of the group's market cap).