MANUFACTURING
Why rocketing Ellies shares defy disappointing results
The company breathes after debt deal, but still suffers
Ellies’s share price has risen 65% since the day before the electronics group reported its full-year results on July 28. The manufacturer and distributor of consumer electronics products, such as television antennae and satellite dishes, posted disappointing results for the 12 months to April. The results were weighed down by the infrastructure business, which was put under liquidation, and the continuing economic downturn, which affected the consumer segment. Vunani Securities small-cap analyst Anthony Clark said the share price had spiked after the results release because the company had renegotiated its substantial debt with Standard Bank and had managed to restructure the business. Ellies’s debt of up to R170m was extended to a term of five years, with a general short-term loan facility of R135m in place. The debt renegotiation had reduced Ellies’s financial stress. "It is less likely to go bankrupt," Clark said. However, he warned that it was still a risky business because the ...
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