DRDGold
About: DRDGold Ltd is a South African gold mining company engaged in surface gold tailings retreatment including exploration, extraction, processing, and smelting. Its reportable operating segments are; Ergo, FWGR, and Corporate office and other reconciling items. The Ergo is a surface gold retreatment operation that treats old slime dams and sand dumps to the south of Johannesburg's central business district as well as the East and Central Rand goldfields; and the FWGR which is a surface gold retreatment operation and treats old slime dams in the West Rand goldfields. The Ergo segment derives a vast majority of the company's revenue.
Employees: 2,956
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
549% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $3.73M | Put options by funds: $575K
82% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $85.8M [Q4 2024] → $157M (+$70.7M) [Q1 2025]
17% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 14 | Existing positions closed: 12
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 75 [Q4 2024] → 77 (+2) [Q1 2025]
0.02% more ownership
Funds ownership: 1.15% [Q4 2024] → 1.17% (+0.02%) [Q1 2025]
12% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 23 | Existing positions reduced: 26
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