YORK TIMBER HOLDINGS LIMITED - Audited consolidated annual financial results for the year ended 30 June 2026
What this filing means
York Timber's audited full-year results land inside the guidance ranges it set on 17 September, but the underlying earnings picture is deteriorating. Headline earnings per share from continuing operations fell 53% to 30.68 cents, core EPS deepened to a loss of 4.92 cents, and no dividend was declared for a second consecutive year. The pre-filing price move is context only and does not show what the market expected.
York Timber made less money this year than last year — headline earnings per share dropped by more than half, and the company's core earnings measure went deeper into loss. The company also chose not to pay shareholders a dividend for the second year running, while its debt went up. The pre-filing price move is context only and does not show what the market expected.
Bull case
- Cash generated from operations increased by R39.4 million to R185.2 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA increased by R1.9 million to R161.9 million.
- Net asset value per share increased from 659 cents to 679 cents.
- Deloitte & Touche expressed an unmodified audit opinion on the annual financial statements.
Bear case
- Core earnings per share from continuing operations deteriorated to a loss of 4.92 cents per share from a loss of 0.86 cents per share.
- Debt increased by R33.3 million, while net debt stood at R571.1 million.
- Revenue decreased by 2% to R1 876.1 million.
- No dividend was declared for the year ended 30 June 2026, following no dividend in 2025.
- The announcement does not disclose the debt maturity profile or interest cost.
AI-generated summary by SENS-AI, based on the original JSE SENS filing.
SENS-AI conclusion
A deteriorating earnings print that the market had already begun pricing: the share fell 7.9% into the announcement, and the 17 September trading statement had guided to exactly these weak core EPS and EBITDA levels. The results land inside guidance, so the bar comparison is neutral — but the absolutes are poor: HEPS down 53%, core EPS loss widening, no dividend, and debt rising. The cash-generation improvement is the one genuine positive, but it has not translated into distributable earnings. So what: the market still needs evidence that the unbundling flagged in September and the operational cash improvement can reverse the earnings decline.
The unbundling of certain assets flagged in the September trading statement is where the market will test whether York can unlock value from its biological assets.
Evidence from the filing
Cash generated from operations increased by R39.4 million to R185.2 million.
“Cash generated from operations increased by R39.4 million to R185.2 million”
Adjusted EBITDA increased by R1.9 million to R161.9 million.
“Adjusted EBITDA(2) increased by R1.9 million to R161.9 million”
Net asset value per share increased from 659 cents to 679 cents.
“Net asset value per share increased from 659 cents to 679 cents”
Deloitte & Touche expressed an unmodified audit opinion on the annual financial statements.
“The Group audited consolidated and separate annual financial statements have been audited by Deloitte & Touche, who expressed an unmodified audit opinion thereon”
Core earnings per share from continuing operations deteriorated to a loss of 4.92 cents per share from a loss of 0.86 cents per share.
“Core earnings(3) per share from continuing operations decreased from a loss of 0.86 cents per share to a loss of 4.92 cents per share”
Debt increased by R33.3 million, while net debt stood at R571.1 million.
“Debt increased by R33.3 million”
Revenue decreased by 2% to R1 876.1 million.
“Revenue decreased by 2% to R1 876.1 million”
No dividend was declared for the year ended 30 June 2026, following no dividend in 2025.
“No dividend has been declared for year ended 30 June 2026 (2025: R nil)”
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