Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (4Sight Holdings | Afrimat | Investec | Nampak | Netcare | Oceana | Pick n Pay | Sanlam | Spear REIT |...
Afrimat is a tale of two terrible halves. Investec wants to double its private banking business. Pick n Pay's group HEPS isn't telling you what is actually happening at Pick n Pay's core business. Updates also came in from 4Sight, Nampak, Netcare, Oceana, Sanlam, Spear REIT and Tharisa.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Africa Bitcoin Corporation | Balwin | Mantengu | Southern Sun | Vukile Property Fund)
Balwin is set to go private thanks to the PIC. Southern Sun achieved excellent growth. Vukile Property Fund easily raised the funds for the Italian expansion. Africa Bitcoin Corporation's best business is ACOF. Mantengu is mulling over a reverse takeover.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Collins Property Group | Pick n Pay – Boxer | Spear REIT | Vukile Property Fund)
The market paid Pick n Pay a premium to VWAP for Boxer, but a discount to spot. In a busy day for the property sector, Vukile announced a capital raise to support an expansion to Italy, Spear REIT is in talks for a deal in the Western Cape and Collins Property Group released results.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Anglo American | Astral Foods | Calgro M3 | enX | Famous Brands | Harmony Gold | Nutun | Pick n Pay...
An enormous day of news saw 12 major corporate updates across multiple sectors, all covered in detail in Ghost Bites alongside the smaller Nibbles.
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Ghost Bites (Accelerate Property Fund | Deneb | Stefanutti Stocks)
In a day of updates from more unusual names on the JSE, we saw Deneb and Stefanutti Stocks with highly encouraging trading statements. Accelerate Property Fund has suffered a setback on its turnaround journey.
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Ghost Bites (Equites Property Fund | KAL Group | Karooooo | NEPI Rockcastle | Reunert | Tharisa)
Equites Property Fund and NEPI Rockcastle are good reminders of the strength of REITs. KAL Group is one of the last "cheap" South African assets. Karooooo upset the market with its margins this year, but they are playing the long game. Reunert has been dragged down by its cables business. Tharisa's earnings have skyrocketed.
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Ghost Bites (Dipula Properties | Equites Property Fund | Nutun | Universal Partners)
Dipula Properties shows us that there's money to be in made in property in the northern provinces of our country. Equites Property Fund is bringing capital home from the UK and investing it here. Nutun is still in a loss-making position. Universal Partners has a hit-and-miss portfolio.
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Ghost Bites (Bytes | Canal+ | MAS | MTN | Octodec | Prosus | Spear REIT)
The market has gone cold on Prosus. MTN is the beneficiary of much better macroeconomics in Africa. Canal+ is inward listing on the JSE in June, but will they find support? Bytes Technology has a lot of work to do. In property, MAS is looking to offload some malls, while Spear REIT showed us how profitable buy-and-flip can be. Octodec's interim growth needs to be considered carefully.

