Best performing tech companies
A new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has listed the top performing companies across the world which have returned the highest average value to investors between 2009 and 2013.
The 2014 Value Creators rankings are based on an analysis of Total Shareholder Returns (TSR) at 1,620 global companies for the five-year period from 2009 through 2013.
Pharmaceutical company, Pharmacyclics, was ranked as the highest TSR company in the world, returning an annual average value of 166.3% to investors since 2009, more than doubling it’s money.
Japanese online entertainment company, GungHo was the second biggest money-returning, with an average annual TSR rate of 138.5%.
Looking specifically at the global tech sector, half of the top 10 biggest investment returners hail from the USA, though the biggest average annual return comes from China’s GoerTek.
GoerTek’s average annual TSR was 74.7%, though it posted a -24% TSR in 2014. The company has a market value of US$8.8 billion.
Ireland’s data storage giant, Seagate Technology takes the silver crown in the sector, returning an annual average of 70.3% to investors
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Technology top 10
The average annual TSR for all the the companies tracked by BCG was approximately 20%, the group said.
The performance of the top 10 global companies was the best in the 16 years of the Value Creators report, BCG said, highlighting that companies from developed nations dominated, contrasting years of high growth in emerging markets.
No South African companies cracked the global top 10 list, however Tencent, in which local media giant Naspers owns a 34% stake, was ranked the 4th best large-cap company for TSRs, having produced an annual average TSR of 58.7%.
US-based travel and tourism company, PriceLine.com, topped the large-cap list with an average annual TSR of 73.6%.
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Global top 10
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Five South African companies did manage to make appearances in the industry-specific top 10 lists, however – with mining giant, Assore, ranking highest (6th) in its respective industry.
Naspers, with large thanks to Tencent, placed as the 8th best TSR company in media and publishing, with an average annual 46.8% TSR since 2009.
Naspers has shown significant growth in the South African market, having breached the landmark R1,000 share price in December 2013, it has seen its share value boosted to a 52-week high of R1,353. The shares are currently trading at approximately R1,300.
The company has seen its stock value grow a further 18% in 2014, to date.
Top 5 South African companies
| Company | Value ($billion) |
Rank | Industry | TSR |
| Aspen Pharmacare | 11.7 | 9 | Biopharma | 52.7% |
| Naspers | 41.4 | 8 | Media and Publishing | 46.8% |
| Imperial | 3.8 | 8 | Multi-business | 32.6% |
| Assore | 4.5 | 6 | Mining | 31.8% |
| FirstRand | 18.7 | 7 | Banking | 30.5% |
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