Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon Limited is engaged in civil engineering and building contracting activities in the Republic of South Africa and internationally. On the 3rd of September 2019, WBO released its audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2019. The group’s total revenue grew by 16%, operating margin contracted slightly to 1.4%, diluted […]
Woolworths Holdings is a South African-based retail group. Last week Woolworths reported its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2019.Total revenue increased by 6.6%, headline earnings per share declined by 1% to 342.9 cents per share and the board declared a final gross dividend of 98.5 cents per share, a decrease of 24.5% […]
BHP is a world-leading resources company. It extracts and processes minerals, oil, and gas from its production operations located primarily in Australia and the Americas. The group recently released its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2019. Revenue for the period grew by 3% to US$44.28bn, headline earnings per share increased by 31% to […]
The Shoprite Group of Companies is Africa’s largest food retailer. The group operates a total of 2 934 outlets in 15 countries across the continent, as well as on the Indian Ocean islands, and employs more than 147 000 people. Shoprite released its full-year results on 20 August, for the period ended 30 June 2019. […]
Standard Bank Group Limited offers transactional banking, saving, borrowing, lending, investment, insurance, risk management, wealth management, and advisory services. The company released its interim results for the period ending 30 June 2019. They reported diluted headline earnings per share of 828.8 cents (1H 2018: 794 cents) for the first six months, up by 4.4%, and slightly […]
British American Tobacco PLC is a tobacco and next-generation products company. The company recently reported its interim results for the period ending 30 June 2019. It reported a robust revenue number of £12,004m for the first six months, showing an increase of 4.1% in constant currency, achieving the midpoint of its revenue guidance of between […]
AECI Limited is a South African-based explosives and chemical specialty company. The company is engaged in offering a range of products and services to customers in the mining, manufacturing, and agricultural industries. AECI recently released its interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2019. The company reported an increase of 14% in revenue […]
MMI Holdings was formed from the merger of Metropolitan and Momentum and listed on the 1st of December 2010. The company recently released an operational update for the nine months ended 31st of March 2019. Diluted headline earnings per share rose by 29%, mainly as a result of the share buy-back program, stable profitability in Momentum […]
Hudaco Industries Limited is a South African-based company, which is engaged in the importation and distribution of branded automotive, industrial and electrical consumable products, operating in the Southern-African region. On Friday, the 28th of June, Hudaco released its interim results for the six months ending May 2019. Under challenging trading conditions, the group managed to […]
Naspers Limited (Naspers) is a global Internet group and technology investor, operating in more than 120 countries. The company recently released its full year results for the period ending 31 March 2019. Revenue for the reporting period increased by 16% yearon-year to US$19.0bn (2018: US$16.4bn) and trading profit grew by 10% year-on-year to US$3.3bn. E-commerce trading […]
Clover industries was founded in 1994 and is based in Roodepoort, South Africa. Clover manufactures and markets food products in South Africa. It offers dairy products, yoghurt, yoghurt based dairy snacks, groceries, beverages, functional drinks, soy milk, lactose free and toddler products. The company reported its unaudited interim financial results for the period ending 31 […]
Mediclinic reported its full year (FY) results for the period ending 31 March 2019. The group’s revenue increased slightly, up by 2% to £2 932 bn (2018: £2 876 bn) compared to the previous period. The South African business, which is the third largest private health care group in Southern Africa, contributed 30% towards group revenue. The […]
Tsogo Sun released its full year 2019 (FY19) results for the period ending 31 March 2019. The group divides its revenue in segments of gaming, hotel rooms, food & beverages and property rental income. Revenue from beverages and gaming activity has been resilient despite the low consumer confidence sentiment which came in at 9% and 21% […]
Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA (Richemont) is a Switzerland-based luxury goods company. The Company’s regional exposures include, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas. The group reported its 2019-full year results on the 17th of May 2019. Richemont posted a robust set of numbers with revenue increasing by 8% (excluding the YNAP and […]
Those of you who follow my reports on a regular basis will know that I love to compare and analyse stocks according to different ratios globally in an attempt to identify the best of the best. I have also pointed out that there isn’t necessarily only one right answer when it comes to investment ratios. […]
Tencent Holdings Limited is an investment holding company principally involved in the provision of value-added services (VAS) and online advertising services. The company released its first-quarter results for 2019 on Wednesday, 15 May. Tencent reported a 16% increase in revenue to Rmb 85.5bn. The holding company’s segment that showed the biggest gains was its FinTech […]
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercialises innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical needs. The company’s primary areas of focus include HIV, AIDS, liver disease, oncology and serious cardiovascular and respiratory conditions. The company acquired Kite Parma in the first quarter of 2018. Kite Parma develops a drug […]
Apple Inc. recently reported their 2nd quarter 2019 results for the period ended 30 March 2019. Net sales decreased by 5% to $58 billion (2018: Q2 $61.1 billion), slightly above analyst expectations of $57.5 billion, while diluted earnings per share came in at $2.46, which was higher than Wall Street consensus of $2.36 per share. […]
Diageo plc, together with its subsidiaries, produces, markets and distributes premium alcoholic beverages worldwide. The company offers globally recognised flagship brands such as Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Captain Morgan, Cîroc, Guinness, Jose Cuervo, Bell’s, VAT 69, J&B, Tanqueray and Gordon’s. Diageo reported a double-digit operating profit increase of 12% mainly due to revenue growth and productivity […]
MTN Group Limited is a mobile operator that offers consumer, digital and business services. It operates in three regions: South/East Africa (SEA), West/Central Africa (WECA) and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The MTN group recently reported their full year (FY18) results for the period ending 31 December 2018. The group reported an increase […]
