After a brief recovery spurt last year, Deliveroo shares have marked time over the past six months and analysts are not expecting too many fireworks with its fourth-quarter/full-year update next Friday, 19 January.
Consensus forecasts for 2023 are for sales of £2.05 billion, split £1.21 billion UK and £827 million international.
Aside from sales, how much the delivery company intends to give back to shareholders is garnering interest from brokers.
Jefferies thinks the delivery company will have a closing year net cash balance of over £700 million before £170 million for legal provisions and £200 million saved for contingent liabilities.
Another £50 million has been reserved for share buybacks to cover any compensation owed to employees.
But the broker thinks that £250 million of what is left will be earmarked for a return of capital in the coming year (either through share buybacks or dividends).