DNB.JO
Strong BuyFull HouseAI neutralDeneb Investments Limited · Industrials · South Africa · $72M
299.00c +0.0% · close 7 Oct · scored 9 Oct
Full House: Strong business, sensible price, market agrees. The rare full house.
As of 9 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Deneb Investments Limited (DNB.JO) is 100/100: Quality 62, Value 86, Momentum 85, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets.
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Deneb Investments is a diversified South African investment holding company operating across branded textiles, stationery, industrial manufacturing, and commercial real estate. While the group trades at modest valuation multiples relative to underlying tangible asset value and yields steady local cash flows, it functions as a localized industrial conglomerate rather than a focused compounder. It operates under challenging domestic macroeconomic conditions, currency depreciation, and infrastructure bottlenecks.
ABOUT DENEB INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Deneb Investments Limited, an investment company, distributes branded products in South Africa and internationally. The company operates through Property; Industrial Product Manufacturing; Branded Product Distribution; and Automotive Parts Manufacturing segments.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (ZAR)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | CAGR | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | — | 3.3B | 3.5B | 3.7B | 4.3B | 9.7% | 4.3B |
| EPS (ZAc) | 28.56 | 31.01 | 23.06 | 26.86 | 46.66 | 13.1% | 44.72 |
| Shares | — | 438.3M | 438.2M | 441.9M | 441.5M | +0.7% | 443.9M |
| Debt | — | 1.1B | 1.0B | 857.1M | 511.8M | -22.0% | 508.6M |
| Equity | — | 1.8B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 2.1B | 5.3% | — |
| Op CF | — | 132.5M | 194.7M | 91.9M | 342.9M | 37.3% | 340.8M |
| Inv CF | — | -232.4M | -17.1M | 69.7M | 105.4M | — | — |
| Fin CF | — | 71.3M | -118.0M | -212.9M | -395.6M | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 3% below its 52-week high.
Swung more than 72% of stocks we rank over the past year (57% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Industrials, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of DNB.JO are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNB.JO | Deneb Investments Limited(you) | $72M | 100 | Strong Buy |
| KAP.JO | KAP Limited | $434M | 86 | Strong Buy |
| HCI.JO | Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited | $757M | 95 | Strong Buy |
| OMN.JO | Omnia Holdings Limited | $1.2B | 98 | Strong Buy |
| SNV.JO | Santova Limited | $64M | 99 | Strong Buy |
| BVT.JO | The Bidvest Group Limited | $4.7B | 80 | Buy |
| SSK.JO | Stefanutti Stocks Holdings Limited | $61M | 98 | Strong Buy |
| NVS.JO | Novus Holdings Limited | $113M | 100 | Strong Buy |
| FTH.JO | Frontier Transport Holdings Limited | $119M | 99 | Strong Buy |
| ZZD.JO | Zeda Limited | $171M | 99 | Strong Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 13.0% · P/E 7.1x · Gross margin 22.7%
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