Wednesday, August 27, 2025

The Finance Ghost

Ghost Bites (Accelerate Property Fund | Cashbuild | Mahube Infrastructure | Master Drilling | Motus | Old Mutual | Redefine Properties)

Old Mutual and Redefine put out positive numbers, while Cashbuild, Master Drilling and Motus also managed to grind out some growth. Accelerate Property Fund is selling two buildings at NAV. Mahube Infrastructure looks like it could delist.

Ghost Bites (ADvTECH | Clientele | Fairvest | Harmony | Hulamin | Italtile | Momentum | Sasol)

Fairvest's capital raise is a sign of frothiness creeping back into the property sector. ADvTECH, Clientele and Momentum released excellent numbers. Sasol's debt reduction and free cash flow got the market excited. Harmony didn't capitalise on gold price opportunities. Italtile posted resilient numbers, while Hulamin's performance was poor.

Ghost Bites (Adcock Ingram | Gold Fields | Grindrod | Hulamin | MTN Zakhele Futhi)

Gold Fields is printing cash. Grindrod needs better numbers in Logistics. Hulamin needs better numbers everywhere. Adcock Ingram could delist later this year. MTN Zakhele Futhi estimates a residual value of R4 per share.

The next space race is all in our heads

The next frontier isn’t space or AI - it’s the human brain. And it looks like we’re strapping in chips before we’ve even read the user manual. It's Musk vs. Altman in the fight for our minds, as explained by Dominique Olivier.

Ghost Bites (Aspen | Blue Label | Curro | Exxaro | Octodec | Spur | WBHO)

There's no sign of recovery in the Aspen share price. Conversely, Blue Label just keeps aiming for the stars. Exxaro, Spur, Octodec and WBHO all had positive stories. Curro is suffering with a slow and steady decline in numbers.

Who’s doing what this week in the South African M&A space?

Weekly summary of Merger & Acquisition activity by South African companies

Weekly corporate finance activity by SA exchange-listed companies

Weekly summary of corporate finance activity by South African exchange listed companies

Ghost Bites (DRDGOLD | Equites Property Fund | Naspers – Prosus | Sabvest)

DRDGOLD is focusing on throughput more than yield. Equites Property Fund sold a large asset in the UK. The Naspers - Prosus growth story is firmly on track. Sabvest signed off on a great year.

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