It is a busy Monday for JSE investors, with at least seven companies scheduled to release results.Retail group Mr Price said on November 7 it expected to report on Monday that headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the 26 weeks to September 30 to have grown between 20% and 25%.Private hospital owner Netcare warned shareholders on November 15 it expected to report on Monday that HEPS for the year to-end September declined by up to 10%.HEPS exclude an accounting loss of R5.6bn that Netcare has opted to book in its 2017 financial year to reflect problems in its UK hospitals including "onerous lease provisions and the impairment of goodwill". This would result in it reporting a basic loss per share."In the UK, trading conditions were challenging during 2017, particularly in the second half of the financial year, where the acceleration of demand management initiatives implemented by both the National Health Services (NHS) and private medical insurers affected patient activity, in combina...
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