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Ghost Bites (Absa | Crookes | Lesaka | PBT | Reinet | Remgro – eMedia | RMB Holdings | SA Corporate Real Estate |...
Absa's trading update reflects a much lower credit loss ratio. Lesaka is buying Bank Zero. Crookes and Sea Harvest gave us agri updates. Remgro is unbundling its eMedia exposure. Reinet might sell Pension Insurance Corp. RMB Holdings has a tough story to sell. SA Corporate Real Estate's update has fascinating read-through for grocery retail.
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Ghost Bites (Assura – Primary Health Properties | Astoria | Gemfields | Powerfleet | Stor-Age | Vukile)
Vukile released strong numbers. Stor-Age's decreased payout ratio set a few hares running. Powerfleet needs profits, not just revenue growth. Look out for Assura - Primary Health, Astoria and Gemfields as well.
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Ghost Bites (Adcorp | AME | AYO | Delta | Deneb | eMedia | Frontier Transport | HCI | Lewis | Old Mutual...
Lewis released incredible numbers and Adcorp looks stronger too. Spar is mostly retreating from Europe. The HCI stable (including Deneb, eMedia, Frontier and mothership HCI) released updates. Look out for AME, AYO, Delta Property, Old Mutual and Sea Harvest as well.
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GHOST BITES (British American Tobacco | Clicks | Copper 360 | Insimbi | Jubilee Metals | PSG Financial Services)
Clicks and PSG Financial Services both released excellent numbers. British American Tobacco reaffirmed guidance. Copper 360's balance sheet is improving. Jubilee's South African business is performing well. Insimbi is now loss-making.
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GHOST BITES (Accelerate Property Fund | Life Healthcare)
Accelerate has sold its stake in Portside - and at a modest discount to NAV. Life Healthcare shareholders gave a resounding approval to the LMI disposal.
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GHOST BITES (Assura – Primary Health Properties | AVI | Merafe | Mpact | Sun International | Texton)
AVI remains the operating leverage champion. Sun International had a great end to 2024. Mpact's Plastics business had an ugly year and so did Merafe. Texton is sitting on quite a cash pile. Suitors are circling Assura - including Primary Health Properties.
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GHOST BITES (Attacq | AVI | Rainbow Chicken | Renergen | Shoprite | Tiger Brands | Woolworths)
Attacq saw the two-pot benefit at the end of 2024. Woolworths didn't, with another poor apparel performance. Shoprite remains a growth juggernaut. AVI extracted profit growth from muted revenue growth. Rainbow Chicken's profits are much higher. Tiger sold out of Chile. Renergen issued shares at depressed prices.
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GHOST BITES (AVI | Bidcorp | Mantengu Mining | Metair | MultiChoice | Powerfleet | Premier | Quantum | Santam)
MultiChoice released terrible numbers. In contract, the likes of AVI, Bidcorp, Premier, Quantum and Santam are navigating difficult conditions successfully. Mantengu Mining is ramping up. Metair is a step closer to getting out of Turkey. Powerfleet's cost savings are paying off.
