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ENX Trading Statement Bearish

enX GROUP LIMITED - Trading statement and trading update

enX Group Limited
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What this filing means

enX is guiding for a swing from headline earnings to a headline loss as its asset-sale strategy strips out the earnings engine. Total-operations HEPS is expected to land between a 14.2c loss and a 5.3c loss, against prior-year earnings of 53.2c, while continuing operations — now principally Power O2 and the Service Centre — are expected to post a wider basic loss of 13.2c to 11.3c versus 9.7c. The narrower total-operations basic loss reflects substantially lower discontinued-operations losses, despite the continuing-operations loss widening. The numbers are unaudited and no cash or balance-sheet detail is provided.

enX has been selling off its businesses and returning cash to shareholders, and this statement shows what is left behind is earning less. The headline profit measure is expected to flip from a 53.2c profit to a loss, and the parts of the business that remain are losing more money than last year. The smaller overall loss is mostly because the sold-off parts are no longer dragging the total down, not because the core is healthier. The figures are also not yet checked by auditors and there is no cash position shown.

Bull case

  • Total-operations basic loss per share is expected to narrow to between 23.7c and 44.6c from a restated 105.0c loss, an improvement of 58% to 77%.
  • Discontinued-operations basic loss per share is expected to narrow to between 12.4c and 31.4c from a restated 95.3c loss, an improvement of 67% to 87%.
  • The WAI disposal delivered approximately R295 million in proceeds for the Group’s remaining 75% interest, subject to an audit review and post-closing adjustment mechanism.
  • The Group returned surplus capital through a special distribution of 192c per share in June 2026 following the WAI disposal.
  • The disposal of the New Way Power Sale Business and enX Ventures Letting Enterprise was completed on 2 November 2026.

Bear case

  • Continuing-operations basic loss per share is expected to widen to between 13.2c and 11.3c from a 9.7c prior-year loss.
  • Total-operations headline earnings per share is expected to become a loss of between 14.2c and 5.3c, versus prior-year earnings of 53.2c.
  • The earnings decline reflects lower contributions from disposed businesses, reduced net interest income after the capital return, and disposal-related costs including the MIP expense.
  • The financial information underlying the trading statement has not been reviewed or reported on by the external auditors.
  • No cash or balance-sheet data is disclosed, leaving the Group's liquidity position unknown.

AI-generated summary by SENS-AI, based on the original JSE SENS filing.

SENS-AI conclusion

This is a clean earnings decline dressed in a narrower total loss. The headline earnings measure is expected to swing from a 53.2c profit to a loss of 5.3c to 14.2c, and the continuing operations that remain are losing more than they did a year ago. The improvement in the total basic loss is a discontinued-operations artefact, not an operating recovery. With no cash or balance-sheet data and unaudited figures, the read is Bearish on the direction of the core. So what: the market still needs the audited accounts to show whether the remaining Power O2 and Service Centre operations can generate cash, and whether the R110 million vendor loan is collectible.

The audited results are where the market will test whether the continuing operations can generate cash and whether the vendor loan is collectible.

Evidence from the filing

  • Total-operations basic loss per share is expected to narrow to between 23.7c and 44.6c from a restated 105.0c loss, an improvement of 58% to 77%.

    “Basic loss per share (44.6c) to (23.7c) (105.0c) 58% to 77%”

  • Discontinued-operations basic loss per share is expected to narrow to between 12.4c and 31.4c from a restated 95.3c loss, an improvement of 67% to 87%.

    “Basic loss per share (31.4c) to (12.4c) (95.3c) 67% to 87%”

  • The WAI disposal delivered approximately R295 million in proceeds for the Group’s remaining 75% interest, subject to an audit review and post-closing adjustment mechanism.

    “The transaction closed on 30 April 2026, with proceeds of approximately R295 million received in respect of the remaining 75% interest, subject to the agreed audit review of the effective date accounts and post-closing adjustment mechanism.”

  • The Group returned surplus capital through a special distribution of 192c per share in June 2026 following the WAI disposal.

    “The Group also continued to implement its capital management strategy, including the return of surplus capital to Shareholders through the special distribution of 192c per share in June 2026 following the disposal of WAI.”

  • The disposal of the New Way Power Sale Business and enX Ventures Letting Enterprise was completed on 2 November 2026.

    “The disposal of the New Way Power Sale Business and enX Ventures Letting Enterprise was completed on 2 November 2026.”

  • Continuing-operations basic loss per share is expected to widen to between 13.2c and 11.3c from a 9.7c prior-year loss.

    “Basic loss per share (13.2c) to (11.3c) (9.7c) (36%) to (16%)”

  • Total-operations headline earnings per share is expected to become a loss of between 14.2c and 5.3c, versus prior-year earnings of 53.2c.

    “Headline (loss) / earnings per share (14.2c) to (5.3c) 53.2c -”

  • The earnings decline reflects lower contributions from disposed businesses, reduced net interest income after the capital return, and disposal-related costs including the MIP expense.

    “The anticipated movement in headline earnings per share from total operations compared to the Prior Year primarily reflects the reduced earnings contribution from businesses disposed of during the respective reporting periods, lower net interest income following the substantial return of surplus capital to Shareholders, and transaction-related and other costs associated with the implementation of the Group's disposal strategy, including the recognition of an expense in respect of the New Way Power Management Incentive Plan (''MIP''), as detailed below.”

  • The financial information underlying the trading statement has not been reviewed or reported on by the external auditors.

    “The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed or reported on by the Company's external auditors.”
Category
Trading Statement
Event posture
Bearish Continuation
Published
Nov 9, 2026

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