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Christopher Chitemerere's avatar

Remember that valuation = Numbers + Story. Is the story from management trusted, can they turnaround the company in the face of stiff competition from both informal and formal sector?

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Tinashe Mukogo's avatar

True, good point. I was looking back at their share price back in the dollarisation days. Market cap got up to over $200m at some points, about 20 times more than the current. Their numbers were good, but not that good. S, thereo must have been a good story behind them.

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Prosper's avatar

OK should close a number of branches as a cost cutting measure ,innovate and open an online shop just like banks going digital and create spaza/tuckshop like agency where people can collect their groceries , therefore lowering the prices and compete with the informal retailers but leveraging with their brand.

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Christopher Chitemerere's avatar

Unfortunately, multiples are not comparable across nationalities, thus it is not correct to compare the Shoprite P/E ratio of over 20 with any Zimbabwean company.

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Tinashe Mugaro's avatar

A great read as always

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