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MOMENTUM GROUP LIMITED - Annual results for the year ended 30 June 2026, dividend declaration and availability of annual financial statements

Momentum Group Limited
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What this filing means

A record result with a genuine milestone: Momentum Group's normalised headline earnings reached R7.06 billion, hitting the R7 billion Impact strategy ambition a full year ahead of schedule. HEPS rose 18% to 528.7 cents and the total dividend jumped 31% to 230 cents. The share drifted roughly -4% over the 20 trading days before publication. The caveat is that two large units, Momentum Retail and Momentum Corporate, saw operating profit fall sharply.

Momentum made more profit than it had promised — it reached a R7 billion earnings goal a year ahead of plan. It is also paying shareholders 31% more in dividends. The share price had been drifting down before this news. The one thing to watch is that two of its biggest businesses actually earned less than last year.

Bull case

  • NHE of R7.06bn beat the R7bn Impact strategy ambition a year ahead of plan, marking record results
  • HEPS rose 18% to 528.7 cents, lifting all per-share metrics
  • Total dividend per share jumped 31% to 230 cents at a 43% payout ratio within the revised 40-60% target range
  • PVNBP grew 18% to R93.8bn, signalling strong new business momentum across most units
  • R1bn buyback completed at a 28% discount to embedded value, creating R388m of value for remaining shareholders

Bear case

  • Momentum Retail operating profit collapsed 40% to R712m from R1,192m, the sharpest decline among business units.
  • Momentum Corporate operating profit fell 19% to R1,175m from R1,449m.
  • Group new business margin compressed to 0.5% from 0.6% despite 18% PVNBP growth, signalling margin pressure on higher volumes.
  • Group solvency cover dropped from 1.58x to 1.50x SCR, eroding the buffer toward the 1.35x lower target.
  • Guardrisk investment return swung to negative R8m from positive R3m, a >100% deterioration.
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SENS-AI conclusion

A genuine positive surprise: NHE reached R7 billion a year early, HEPS grew 18%, and the dividend rose 31%. The offset is real but contained: Momentum Retail's 40% operating profit decline and Momentum Corporate's 19% fall show the growth is uneven across units, and the new business margin compressed. So what: the strategy is working ahead of plan, but the market still needs to see whether the weaker units stabilise and whether the margin pressure on new business reverses.

The next operating update will show whether Momentum Retail and Corporate stabilise and whether the new business margin recovers.

Evidence from the filing

  • NHE of R7.06bn beat the R7bn Impact strategy ambition a year ahead of plan, marking record results

    “Momentum Group has delivered a record set of results. Most pleasing is the fact that normalised headline earnings (NHE) have exceeded the R7 billion Impact strategy ambition one year earlier than originally envisioned”

  • HEPS rose 18% to 528.7 cents, lifting all per-share metrics

    “Headline earnings per share (cents) 528.7 446.9 18% 511.6 437.1 17%”

  • Total dividend per share jumped 31% to 230 cents at a 43% payout ratio within the revised 40-60% target range

    “The Momentum Group has declared a final dividend of 120 cents per ordinary share, bringing the total dividend for the financial year to 230 cents per ordinary share (up 31% on the prior year). The total dividend for F2026 represents a payout ratio of 43% of NHE per share for the financial year, which is within the Group's revised dividend payout range of 40% to 60% of NHE.”

  • PVNBP grew 18% to R93.8bn, signalling strong new business momentum across most units

    “Present value of new business premiums (PVNBP, R million) 93 800 79 793 18%”

  • R1bn buyback completed at a 28% discount to embedded value, creating R388m of value for remaining shareholders

    “the Group repurchased 27.4 million shares at an average price of R36.45 per share for a total consideration of R1 billion including costs. This represents an average discount of 28% to the embedded value of R50.60 per share on 30 June 2026, creating R388 million increase in value for remaining shareholders”

  • Momentum Retail operating profit collapsed 40% to R712m from R1,192m, the sharpest decline among business units.

    “Momentum Retail 712 295 1 007 1 192 164 1 356 (40)% 80% (26)%”

  • Momentum Corporate operating profit fell 19% to R1,175m from R1,449m.

    “Momentum Corporate 1 175 242 1 417 1 449 169 1 618 (19)% 43% (12)%”

  • Group new business margin compressed to 0.5% from 0.6% despite 18% PVNBP growth, signalling margin pressure on higher volumes.

    “Value of new business margin 0.5% 0.6%”

  • Group solvency cover dropped from 1.58x to 1.50x SCR, eroding the buffer toward the 1.35x lower target.

    “Momentum Group's solvency cover (pre-foreseeable dividend) decreased from 1.58 times SCR on 30 June 2025 to 1.50 times SCR on 30 June 2026”

  • Guardrisk investment return swung to negative R8m from positive R3m, a >100% deterioration.

    “Guardrisk 1 048 (8) 1 040 820 3 823 28% <(100)% 26%”
Category
AFS Availability
Event posture
Constructive
Published
Sep 17, 2026

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