An investment company with interests across financial services, industrial and health care, Brimstone boasts one of the lowest p:e ratios on the JSE - moving between 1 and 3 for the past 12 months. For a time the share price seemed to run ahead of the underlying assets of this impeccably empowered company. For the year to December revenue increased to R623m from R378m the previous year, but profits and headline earnings were down.