{"id":4036,"date":"2026-04-16T12:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=4036"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:59:19","slug":"psg-earnings-up-a-third-dividend-jumps-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=4036","title":{"rendered":"PSG earnings up a third, dividend jumps 25%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>PSG Financial Services reported a 33.5% increase in recurring headline earnings per share (Heps) for the year ended 28 February 2026, supported by higher assets under management and stronger investment income.<\/p>\n<p>A final dividend of 45.0 cents per share was declared, bringing the total dividend for the year to 65.0 cents per share, up 25% from the previous period.<\/p>\n<p>Listen\/Read:<br \/>Lambrechts lined up as new PSG Financial Services chair<br \/>PSG scoops Johann Els as group chief economist<br \/>Strong results from PSG despite tough market<\/p>\n<p>PSG notes the dividend payout is reflective of its \u201csound financial position and confidence in its prospects\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>PSG share price<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>In the period under review, the group delivered a return on equity of 31.7%, while total assets under management rose 19.9% to R564.6 billion. This included R480.9 billion in PSG Wealth, up 17.3%, and R83.7 billion in PSG Asset Management, up 37.7%.<\/p>\n<p>Gross written premiums at PSG Insure increased 5.% to R8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The group maintained a capital cover ratio of 260%, above the regulatory minimum of 100%, and continued to generate strong cash flows.<\/p>\n<p>During the year, PSG repurchased and cancelled 12.3 million shares at a cost of R296.9 million.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>Chief executive Francois Gouws says favourable markets supported earnings growth despite challenging operating conditions.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that both global and domestic markets may be \u201crunning ahead of underlying economic fundamentals\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeveloped markets remain heavily indebted [and] political populism continues to complicate policymaking \u2026 Military tension in the Gulf has been a further source of concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turning to South Africa, Gouws says the country needs a \u201cmore coherent and forward-looking\u201d economic strategy \u2013 an integrated plan that moves \u201cbeyond crisis management\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>                        #PSG #earnings #dividend #jumps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSG Financial Services reported a 33.5% increase in recurring headline earnings per share (Heps) for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[186,1308,1818,8758],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}