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 […]
I have referred to the correlation, or lack thereof, between quite a few ratios and investments in my past writings. But much like Australian Cricket players and sandpaper, when we take a closer look at the relationship between our stock market and interest rate cycles, you will see that these two do in fact go […]
We still find ourselves in the month of July, which also happens to be National Savings Month. In my previous three columns, I discussed the importance of saving both before and after retirement. This week, I would like to touch on something that has recently appeared regularly both in the press and on social media: […]
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 […]
Defensive stocks are predominantly found in industries where companies are mainly focused on delivering cheaper products or services that consumers find hard or impossible to manage without. Typical examples of areas where defensive investments can be found include food manufacturers and retailers, medical care and the tobacco and alcohol industries. The fact that delivering these […]
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 […]
I’m sure that most people are familiar with the saying about something going hand in hand with something else. Let’s use a cycling team in the Tour de France (TdF) as an example. A team consisting of Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish simply wouldn’t make sense, because their goals for this year’s TdF, and their […]
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% […]
We find ourselves in the sixthmonth of 2019, a year that can definitely be described as a rollercoaster year. Just over a month ago investors were all excited to see the FTSE/JSE trading positive by 14.5% for this year (up to 23 April 2019) and there was a general feeling of optimism. Now the market […]
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. […]
“`During my years in this industry, I have met countless investors who simply aim too high with their growth expectations and often refuse to invest according to the risk profile recommended for them. Upon inception, they want to invest as aggressively as possible to achieve the best possible growth, until markets take a turn for […]
As hard as it is to believe, we find ourselves in May yet again, and every year I remind investors who believe in myths and sayings to make sure that the actual data supports what they believe to be true. As I was writing this, the FTSE/JSE Capped Swix All Share Index had already strengthened […]
