Pan African Resources (PAF) has four major producing precious metals assets in South Africa: Barberton (target output 95koz Au pa), the Barberton Tailings Retreatment Project, or BTRP (20koz), Elikhulu (55koz) and Evander underground, incorporating Egoli (currently 30koz, rising to >100koz).
We have recently increased our core valuation of PAF to 48.41 US cents per share, based on projects either already in production or sanctioned. However, this rises by 46–57% once other assets (eg Egoli) are also taken into account. In the meantime, PAF remains cheaper than its peers on at least 69% of commonly used valuation measures and has the 24th highest dividend yield in the precious metals mining sector, globally. FY24 results are scheduled for 11 September.
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Cobus Loots
CEO
Deon Louw
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Keith Cousens Spencer
Chairman
Forecast net debt (US$m)
106.4
Forecast gearing ratio (%)
30
% | 1M | 3M | 12M |
---|---|---|---|
Actual | 5.1 | 18.0 | 108.8 |
Relative | 3.3 | 19.4 | 89.2 |
52 week high/low | 31.4p/13.0p |
After exceeding our forecasts in FY23, Pan African’s interim adjusted EBITDA achieved a record of ZAR1,513m in H124 – 20% above the previous record. Since then, increased production guidance of 186-190koz for FY24 (cf 180–190koz previously) has been met at an indicated all-in sustaining cost of US$1,350/oz (cf US$1,325-1,350/oz). This has cemented our normalised EPS estimate for FY24. Within the next two years, however, we expect output to exceed 250koz pa and normalised EPS to exceed 6c/share and possibly reach 9c/share.
Y/E Jun | Revenue (US$m) | EBITDA (US$m) | PBT (US$m) | EPS (c) | P/E (x) | P/CF (x) |
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2022A | 376.4 | 147.8 | 117.2 | 4.44 | 8.6 | 5.1 |
2023A | 321.6 | 121.9 | 92.9 | 3.54 | 10.8 | 5.5 |
2024E | 390.7 | 177.9 | 142.0 | 5.72 | 6.7 | 6.5 |
2025E | 473.9 | 257.0 | 211.4 | 8.02 | 4.8 | 3.3 |