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GHOST BITES (Bell Equipment | Netcare | Novus | Orion Minerals | MultiChoice | Safari Investments | Telkom)
MultiChoice has rug pulled its B-BBEE investors. Bell Equipment is way off its offer price and earnings are dropping. Telkom and Netcare are both growing. Safari Investments is exiting Namibia. Novus and the TRP aren't friends. Orion released its long-awaited DFS for both major assets.
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GHOST BITES (Ascendis | Capital Appreciation | CA Sales | Datatec | Fairvest | Heriot | Sirius Real Estate)
CA Sales locked in another excellent year. Datatec, Fairvest and especially Heriot are all growing. Sirius Real Estate announced more deals. Capital Appreciation has stemmed the software bleeding. Ascendis is now an investment entity.
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GHOST BITES (Bell Equipment | Metair | Metrofile | Zeder)
Metair released its annual report - but there's a key disclosure that I just can't find. Metrofile has caught the eye of a potential buyer. Zeder is disposing of some African businesses. Bell Equipment tightened its earnings guidance.
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GHOST BITES (Astoria | Barloworld | Fairvest | Master Drilling | Oceana | Pepkor | Remgro | Santova)
Fairvest had no problem raising capital. Pepkor announced a major acquisition. Santova has also flagged a potential acquisition. Astoria, Barloworld and Oceana released difficult numbers. Master Drilling's dividend growth has distracted the market from impairments.
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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.
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GHOST BITES (Choppies | Investec | Momentum | Shaftesbury | South Ocean Holdings)
Investec's UK business dragged down the group numbers. Shaftesbury is selling part of its Covent Garden stake. Momentum had an exceptional period. Choppies is doing well and South Ocean Holdings certainly isn't.
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GHOST BITES (ArcelorMittal | Sabvest)
ArcelorMittal is still winding down the long steel business. Sabvest had a particularly good year in 2024, with NAV growth well above recent averages.
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GHOST BITES (African Rainbow Capital | Bytes | Libstar | Master Drilling | Old Mutual | Remgro | Resilient | Schroder European Real Estate...
African Rainbow Capital wants to delist. Super Group is having a really tricky time. Numbers came out from Bytes, Libstar, Master Drilling, Old Mutual, Remgro, Resilient and Schroder European Real Estate.
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GHOST BITES (Absa – Standard Bank | Hulamin | MTN | RFG Holdings | Thungela)
There's a new sheriff in town at Absa - and it's Standard Bank's loss! MTN's gap between constant currency and reported earnings is still huge. RFG had trouble with pineapples. Hulamin had a poor year. Thungela released its 2024 results.
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GHOST BITES (ArcelorMittal | Choppies | Libstar | OUTsurance | Renergen | SA Corporate | Thungela | York Timbers)
Renergen has finally filled a helium container. OUTsurance released exceptional numbers. Thungela is buying out the Australian minorities. Libstar released poor numbers. Look out for ArcelorMittal, Choppies, SA Corporate Real Estate and York Timbers as well.
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GHOST BITES (ADvTECH | Alphamin | Exxaro | Hyprop | Montauk Renewables | Standard Bank)
ADvTECH is having no issue with enrolments. Alphamin had to temporarily cease Bisie tin mine operations due to security concerns. Exxaro, Hyprop, Montauk Renewables and Standard Bank released numbers.
