Orsted down >20% in early trading. After the plunge, its market cap is down to ~$15 billion. (The problem with this company is that historically its leadership has been in business of building at **any costs** GW of wind power, rather than **profitable** GW of wind power)
Javier Blas
Javier Blas11 ago 2025
European wind giant Orsted says it will conduct an emergency >$9 billion equity raising to shore up its balance sheet (the rights issue isn’t a surprise, but the size is nearly double market expectations). The right issue equals to ~50% of the company’s current market cap.
Considerando que Dinamarca posee poco más de la mitad de la empresa, y Copenhague ha anunciado que está respaldando su parte de la emisión de derechos, llamémoslo lo que efectivamente es: un rescate gubernamental (financiado por los contribuyentes).
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