whiteowl wrote:obiero wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:Ebenyo wrote:mulla wrote:obiero wrote:Ebenyo wrote:obiero wrote:PBT up 8% y-on-y to stand at 3.7B up from 3.3B dividend KES 0.85
6% dividend increase not bad.
That's PAT actually. PBT 4.558 2017 vs 4.218 2016
Food for thought....closer to the 2022 gen. election might dividends be reduced for arap singh's campaign trail.......
Its not wise to make a decision based on fear.
The results so far are good.Lets wait for next audited results.
FY 2017 was under Mwarania. FY 2018 will be under the new regime. I fear that "real estate" investments will take a central role. We know what happened in years past.
Hehe
Even on its best days this share didn't generate any worthwhile gains so if you're still on this bus exit safely before 2022 carnage.
How do you define a worthwhile gain?
You are simply looking at the "share price" [BTW, I do not disagree with your conclusion now that the 2022 "eating" brigade is in charge] versus the gains in the intrinsic value over the past 6 years. The NAV (a lot of it in cash/T-Bonds) has almost doubled over 6 years.
Warren Buffett: “Long ago, Ben Graham taught me that ‘Price is what you pay; value is what you get.’ Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.”
Warren Buffett’s buying wisdom can be condensed into 2 statements:
1) Buy great businesses when they are trading at fair or better prices.
2) This occurs when short-term traders become pessimistic.
KenRe is a great business. It wasn't one for speculators over the past 6 years.
The catch is that a good manager has been replaced by a cabal of crooks.
I (currently) remain hopeful that the cabal is forced to competitively hire a good manager to replace Mwarania. Think KQ. I do not think they will allow Mwarania back. The sad bit about KQ is that Mikosz was brought in AFTER the looting was complete. The same could happen at KenRe.
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett