The long expected news that the Western Cape Gaming Board would move the regional casino license from rural Caledon to more populous catchment area Somerset West ... has been approved
On a business perspective the move makes strategic sense given the demographics and catchment areas. However, market must worry the capital cost of closing one casino & building a new one must weigh on
$JSETSG Tsogo and thus its majority shareholder the embattled
$JSEHCI Hosken Consolidated Investments
Year-to-date
#HCI -27.3% and
#TSG -36.7%
As
#HCI CEO Johnny Copelyn stated at the AGM in August I attended
"every R1.00 fall in the Tsogo share price = a R7.00 fall in
#HCI"
... so some of the slam in the
#HCI share price is due to the hit in
#TSG.
#HCI's woes are not just gaming related and the push int more bricks & hard assets gaming assets - when they miserable missed the boat on the surge in online gaming which has slammed the sector - is an issue that has still not be addressed at
#TSG nor
#HCI
With the
#HCI discount to NAV now at -61% - and as I stated to CEO Copelyn at the AGM as an analyst & shareholder "you have the widest discount of ANY JSE-listed investment holding company and you have even taken Brimstone's crown as having the widest discount"..which he admitted was disappointing but gave few answers as to how this would be addresses aside from stating "shareholders need to be patient"....
Patience only last so long....the value trap is apparent...I'm not a seller but when will the wider institutional market become convinced "value unlock or some value accretion will occur"? The black or red question on the stock market roulette machine. Place you bets....
TSGE TSGI Voluntary Update: Relocation Of Western Cape Casino Licence
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