Moroccan businessmen have seen their net worth plummet by millions of dollars in recent weeks, owing to a market-wide sell-off that has reduced the value of their shareholdings and investments in companies listed on the country’s stock exchange.
Anas Sefrioui, a Moroccan real estate tycoon who founded the country’s largest property developer, Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha (ADH), ranks among those businessmen in Morocco whose net worth has declined significantly in recent years. In the past six months, the market value of his shareholding in the property developer has dropped by more than $111 million.
ADH manages several real estate programs and investments in North Africa under the leadership of Sefrioui, who owns 64.1 percent of the company, or 258,066,665 shares.
On Monday, shares in the real estate firm were trading at MAD7.56 ($0.734) on the Casablanca bourse. This is 53 basis points lower than their opening price on the Casablanca bourse, as the market is rocked by a massive sell-off, with foreign portfolio investments dwindling as international investors exit.
ADH shares on the local bourse have dropped from MAD12 ($1.165) on Feb. 10, nearly six months ago, to MAD7.56 ($0.734) at the time of writing this report, resulting in a 37-percent loss for shareholders.
The market value of Sefrioui’s 64.1-percent stake has dropped from MAD3.1 billion ($300.7 million) on Feb. 10 to MAD1.95 billion ($189.43 million) at the time of writing this report.
This equates to a loss of MAD1.14 billion ($111.2 million) for the Moroccan businessman in the past six months. Despite a multimillion-dollar drop in the market value of his shareholding in ADH, Sefrioui remains one of the wealthiest investors on the Casablanca bourse.
