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Summary of ratios and statistics

Performance review

20252024
Ordinary share performance  
Number of ordinary shares upon which headline earnings per share is based(000)480 260476 976
Headline earnings per ordinary share (cents)143.72122.71
Dividends paid per ordinary share (cents)24.4419.56
Dividend cover (times)5.916.51
Net asset value per ordinary share (rand)7.686.68
Profitability and asset management
Asset turnover (times)2.032.22
Working capital per R1 000 turnover (rand)114.25118.09
Operating margin (%)6.726.25
Effective taxation rate (%)20.6423.80
Return on equity (%)20.4920.80
Financing
Current ratio2.012.04
Net interest cover (times)12.1512.60
Economic indicators
Key closing exchange rates at 31 December vs ZAR
– USD16.598018.7115
– Botswana pula (BWP)1.26971.3435
– Zambia kwacha (ZMW)0.75190.6731
Stock exchange statistics
Market price per share (Botswana thebe)
– year end1 4151 200
– highest1 4151 200
– lowest1 200675
Number of transactions87155
Number of shares traded ('000)63 72449 178
Value of shares traded (BWP'000)812 213381 971
Number of shares traded as a percentage of total issued shares (%)13.2410.27
Market price per share (South African cents)
– year end1 4841 620
– highest1 9801 700
– lowest1 4311 030
Number of transactions9 1387 783
Number of shares traded ('000)34 71032 029
Value of shares traded (R'000)583 557419 244
Number of shares traded as a percentage of total issued shares (%)7.216.69
Price earnings ratio at year end10.3313.20
Market capitalisation at year end (R'000)7 141 2867 758 463