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Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (CMH | Ethos Capital | HCI | Metair | SA Corporate Real Estate | Stefanutti Stocks | Valterra Platinum)
Metair's luck goes from bad to worse. Ethos Capital and HCI are busy with major deals, while Stefanutti Stocks has closed a disposal. SA Corporate Real Estate grew the distribution ahead of inflation. CMH repurchased over 7% of its shares. Valterra Platinum has an investment grade credit rating.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Absa | Capitec | Italtile | Nampak | Spar | Sygnia)
In banking, Absa's expense growth is a concern and Capitec is acquiring fintech Walletdoc for up to R400 million. In turnaround valley, Nampak is a lot further along in the process than Spar. Italtile is really struggling in this market. Sygnia is growing strongly, but why is dividend growth lagging?
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Altvest | AngloGold Ashanti | Bell Equipment | Hyprop | Momentum | Raubex | Sabvest | Sirius Real Estate | Sygnia |...
Hyprop raised over R800m in cash. Sabvest is investing in pets. Raubex found no substance to whistleblower allegations and released results. We also saw numbers from Altvest, Bell Equipment, Momentum, Sirius Real Estate and Telkom. AngloGold is selling a mine.
DealMakers
Weekly corporate finance activity by SA exchange-listed companies
Weekly summary of corporate finance activity by South African exchange listed companies
Ghost Bites
GHOST BITES (ADvTECH | Ascendis | Astral Foods | Burstone | Gold Fields | Grand Parade Investments | Premier | Raubex | Southern Sun...
ADvTECH and STADIO have shown how to make money in education. Raubex keeps delivering. Astral Foods is facing adversity again. Gold Fields is trying to acquire Gold Road. Look out for Ascendis, Burstone, Grand Parade, Premier and Southern Sun as well.
Ghost Bites
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.
Ghost Bites
GHOST BITES (AfroCentric | Aspen | Bidvest | Clientele | Italtile | JSE | MAS | Metrofile | MTN | Mustek | PPC |...
Aspen, MTN Ghana, PPC, RCL Foods and Santam all had particularly good stories to tell, with Clientele, JSE and MAS in the green as well. Bidvest was a mixed bag in 2024. Italtile pulled off a resilient performance in the end. AfroCentric released very poor numbers, with Metrofile and Mustek also deep in the red.
Ghost Bites
GHOST BITES (Capitec | Gemfields | Nampak | Spar | Truworths)
Capitec keeps on pumping. Truworths released awful local numbers. Nampak achieved another turnaround milestone. Spar has gotten rid of Poland at last. Gemfields desperately needs things to improve.
