Without wishing to minimize the internal or micro-economic factors (fraud and accounting irregularities) in Steinhoff, it seems that external or macro economic factors probably played as much of a key factor in the Steinhoff share price movement over the past year.
There is a clear evidence and correlation between them that around Dec2018 all retailers lost around 15% to 20% of market cap.
There is a similar case for February (although of a different magnitude) and again in April. All retailers lost significantly in May 2019.
So, all those times that Steinhoff's share price tanked, and you were wondering why? It turns out that it was not all about Steinhoff.
It seems that South Africa's economic outlook is part of the reason. Worryingly, your currency the ZAR is down today significantly, although as I type this it has improved by ZAR0.12 over the past hour.
Best Regards
Captainfrom82
Indeed. SHP down 29% for past 12 months. 10.79 YTD. albeit most of it was self inflicted, I’m in the retail industry, and can say that those PEPKOR results were a bolt from the blue! (See what I did there)
