Counterpoint Rate Fund supervisor Piet Viljoen delves reliable into a host of corporate motion taking space across the native bourse. The mining mergers and acquisitions mania has persevered, with a twist, as Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBK) changed into down Impala Platinum’s proposed takeover to pursue a contend with competitor Northam Platinum. The Purple Group (owner of Easy Equities) moreover posted its monetary outcomes with the brokerage platform announcing impressive numbers. It remains one of many flagship enhance companies on the JSE. Vodacom and Remgro own no longer too long previously launched a partnership to develop high-flying fibre businesses Vumatel and Shadowy Fibre Africa. Viljoen unpacks the imaginable synergies this can also make. Lastly, Ascendis Activist Investor Harry Smit’s appointment to the board is discussed to wrap up the conversation. – Justin Rowe-Roberts
On the effects of inflation on enhance and worth shares:
The future is unsure. Right here is rarely any longer a forecast however the notion goes that enhance shares and particularly tech shares are valued by discounting all their future money flows by a slit worth price – which is linked to the fervour price – and the decrease the fervour price is, the increased the demonstrate worth of these money flows is. Rate shares are valued the comparable plot. The adaptation is that with worth shares, the money flows take a seat in the immediate future. Most worth shares don’t own a long runway of enhance earlier than them. So, you are most effective discounting three, four or 5 years’ worth of cash flows; whereas, with shares esteem Microsoft or Apple, you may possibly possibly also fair be discounting 20, 30 or 40 years of cash flows. Whenever you happen to carry out that with a low ardour price, it supplies you a gigantic demonstrate worth. If this ardour price had been to have faith greater, nonetheless, it brings down that demonstrate worth rather dramatically. With a cost firm or a cost inventory, the build the money flows are staunch right here in entrance of the next few years, any substitute in the fervour price you frail to slit worth these reveals have faith almost no difference to the demonstrate worth of these money flows. The hypothesis goes that the worth of enhance shares are extremely linked to ardour charges. The decrease they’re, the increased the worth of enhance shares. As ardour charges have faith greater, all else being equal, the valuations in these shares can also decline. It’s too early to mutter whether that’s going to determine in apply due to ardour charges own no longer in actual fact gone up no matter US inflation at 6.2%. Ten-twelve months yields in the US are peaceful at 1.5% and short charges are hovering around zero. So, inflation’s gone up so a lot. It appears to be like to be like esteem it’s no longer transitory but ardour charges are peaceful at the grassroots stage.
On the corporate motion in the mining sector:
I imagine what’s going down right here is that there is a fight for resources. I ponder platinum companies take a look at the necessity for the metallic they have faith increasing over the long interval of time. Impala has a pretty short lifetime of mines, whereas RBP has appropriate developed a few unique mines that own a longer life and more reserves. They lie adjoining to Impala. After all, Impala mines on RBP ground. They’re so conclude to 1 every other. There are moreover issues with the smelters; there is potential there, so there is a lot of synergy between Impala and RBP, whereas with Northam, there is rarely such a thing as a synergy. I pronounce they appropriate are attempting to make employ of the money they’ve readily on hand on the balance sheet due to that’s been producing a lot of cash, esteem your entire platinum companies over the final whereas. It appears to be like they appropriate are attempting to cease Impala from getting withhold of RBP and own taken out all of Royal Bafokeng Holdings 32% stake. Meaning they don’t must have faith a proposal to your entire other shareholders, which leaves them out in the chilly. It’s a in actual fact engaging convey constructing there. I carry out ponder the indicators are starting up to happen. It’s peaceful early days – it’s no longer there yet – however the indicators [are that] the inventory is up and with this corporate project heating up in the platinum sector, that possibly valuations are starting up to become a bit of stout. Nonetheless as I acknowledged, I ponder it’s peaceful early in the cycle. It’s no longer yet at the top of cycle.
On Purple Group’s financials:
It’s an stunning industry. It has made investing in the inventory market accessible for a lot of folk. It’s made it easy. They’re attempting to carry out the comparable with property, which I ponder is improbable. What Charles Savage and his team own finished there is improbable. The problem I own as an investor is that at R2.50 a portion, you’re paying for a lot of what they peaceful are going to be doing. I ponder [this] will be factual things over the next few years but you’re already paying for that. So, I don’t take a look at worth in the inventory market worth. It’s a extremely precious industry. It’s a huge industry. I’m appropriate no longer definite it’s a huge investment at this point.
Learn moreover:
- Piet Viljoen on MTN as telco huge fires on cylinders
- R500,000 investment convey: Piet Viljoen vs Magnus Heystek
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