Hi all,
did someone look at Sonae Capital, ticker SONC? The current price is 0.17 euro.
- It was spun off from Sonae SGPS in 2008.
- There's a write up on VIC at http://www.valueinvestorsclub.com/value2/Idea/ViewIdea/3458
- Monish Pabrai owns 6.8% of the company, and probably bought at circa 4 times the current price. He spoke about the company in 2008 at the Value Investing Congress.
- The founding family owns 62.6% of the company. They are also the largest employer in Portugal.
- This year and last year they are buying back their own shares (but not a lot, the company now holds circa 0.169% of its share capital)
- Net debt of 273 million euro versus a market cap of 42.5 million euro.
- Real estate is valued by Cushman & Wakefield at 594.6 million euro (http://www.sonaecapital.pt/ResourcesUser/RelatorioC&W31122011ENG.pdf), furthermore the company has some significant shareholdings in real estate funds (not taken into account in the Cushman & Wakefield report) that had a combined value of 143 million euro at 31 December 2011 (http://www.sonaecapital.pt/ResourcesUser/SONCCOMUNICADOFY11ENG.pdf p.10).
- This gives a net value of 464 million euro or 1.85 euro per share, not taking into account any of the businesses.
- Half year report 2012 was bad. Some of the businesses were growing though.