Cadence Opportunities Fund returned a gross performance of -3.3% in December, compared to the All Ordinaries Accumulation Index which was down -3.1% for the month. The largest detractors from performance during December were Echo IQ, Alcoa Corporation, AML3D and Turaco Gold. The top contributors to performance were Queensland Pacific Metals, IperionX and Robex Resources.
Alcoa shares fell in December following small declines in both alumina and aluminium prices. Alcoa is mid-way through a profitability improvement program that is expected to improve profitability by $645m by the end of 2025 when compared to 2023. We believe the Alcoa share price fall in December is an overreaction to the small alumina and aluminium price declines and expect Alcoa to report strong profit growth and be on a PE below 10 in 2025.
During December Robex Resources released their Q3 results. Robex Resources is in a net cash position of $32.3m after recording operating income of $33.3m for the quarter which was up 26.6% compared to Q3 2023. The improved result was driven by a higher gold price as well as cost improvements. Robex Resources also said that the first gold pour for its Kiniero project remains on track for Q4 2025.
Discount to NTA and On-Market Buy-Back
At the time of writing this newsletter, CDO is trading at a pre-tax NTA discount of around 10%. CDO has implemented an on-market buy-back to buy back the shares it has issued under the DRP. This buy-back will operate whilst the CDO share price is trading at a discount to the Pre-Tax NTA.
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Franked Dividends Declared
The company has around 15.5 cents per share of profits reserves to pay future dividends.
News
To watch CDO’s recent AGM Investor Briefing please click here. In this AGM Investor Briefing, Karl Siegling starts by giving an update on CDM’s and CDO’s past and current year performances, discusses the portfolio’s current compositions and highlights some important market trends. Karl Siegling and Chris Garrard then discuss in detail some of the portfolio’s positions, namely Evolution Mining, Westgold Resources, Meta Platforms, Netflix and Block. Karl then discusses some further investment themes and CDO trading positions before closing with the outlook for 2025.
To view all previous Cadence webcasts and interviews please visit the Media Section of the website.
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