{"id":59253,"date":"2014-06-02T00:05:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T22:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=59253"},"modified":"2014-06-01T23:47:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-01T21:47:13","slug":"these-are-the-biggest-listed-companies-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/59253\/these-are-the-biggest-listed-companies-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the biggest listed companies in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The largest JSE listed companies by market cap have shown massive growth over the past 5 years, led by media and Internet giant, Naspers, which has boosted its value over 520% in the period.<\/p>\n

Looking at the 20 biggest companies listed locally, global and dual-listed mining giant, BHP Billiton remains the largest JSE-listed company with a market capitalisation of R1.87 trillion.<\/p>\n

The Australian-controlled business is massive by any measure, with mining operations across the globe.<\/p>\n

The mega-company came as a result of London-based Billiton merging with Australia’s BHP in 2001, resulting in the latter acquiring a controlling 58% stake in the company. The merger was a dual-listed deal, so the companies remain separate entities, but share a board.<\/p>\n

The London-based chunk of the company has most of its operations in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Another global corporate giant, British American Tobacco, has also found a top home on the JSE, being the second largest listed company in the country with a market cap of R1.17 trillion.<\/p>\n

BAT has operations all over the world, and owns and manages a large portion of leading cigarette brands, including Dunhill, Kent and Lucky Strike. In South Africa, the Courtleigh brand of cigarettes is owned by the group.<\/p>\n

SAB Miller, formerly South African Breweries, now based in London, is the third largest listed company in the country – while Naspers ranks highest at 4th as the biggest wholly-South African and SA-based company on the JSE.<\/p>\n

Although only ranked 9th by market capitalisation, Standard Bank Group is ranked as the biggest company in South Africa<\/a> by Forbes – taking into account total assets, sales, profits and overall value.<\/p>\n

Top 20 JSE listed companies by market cap<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nCompany<\/strong><\/td>\nMarket Cap (ZAR billions)
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nBHP Billiton<\/td>\n1,869.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nBritish American Tobacco<\/td>\n1,170.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nSAB Miller<\/td>\n926.70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nRichemont<\/td>\n627.60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nNaspers<\/td>\n492.08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMTN<\/td>\n422.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nSasol<\/td>\n387.92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nAnglo American<\/td>\n373.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nStandard Bank<\/td>\n231.73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nFirstRand<\/td>\n224.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nVodacom<\/td>\n196.41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nOld Mutual<\/td>\n173.91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nBarclays Africa<\/td>\n131.31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nSanlam<\/td>\n129.38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nAspen<\/td>\n127.02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nAnglo Platinum<\/td>\n125.13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nRemgro<\/td>\n114.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nKumba Iron Ore<\/td>\n109.83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nBidvest<\/td>\n97.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nShoprite<\/td>\n94.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Market capitalization as at 30 May 2014: Bloomberg<\/small><\/p>\n

Massive growth<\/h3>\n

South Africa’s 20 biggest companies have all shown growth over the past 5 years, bar one.<\/p>\n

Anglo Platinum’s value has shrunk significantly, though still remains the 16th largest listed company on the local bourse.<\/p>\n

Worker strikes in the platinum sector have mired all related industry companies over the past 2 years, with the latest strike well into its fourth month.<\/p>\n

The strikes are reportedly costing platinum producers nearly R20.8 billion in lost revenue and was a major contributor to the country’s economy contracting in the first quarter for the first time since 2009.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, South Africa’s other largest companies have been raking in the successes, led by Internet and media giant, Naspers, which has seen it’s stock value shoot up over 520% over the past 5 years.<\/p>\n

Naspers, which dominates the South African Pay-TV market and owns a number of prominent media outlets, has been benefitting predominantly from strong growth in its holdings in international Internet companies.<\/p>\n

The group owns a 34% stake in Tencent, the Chinese media and entertainment company, as well as Russia’s Mail.Ru.<\/p>\n

It first breached the R1,000 per share mark in the beginning of December 2013, and shows a healthy one-year-return of 78% on the JSE, along with a market cap exceeding R490 billion.<\/p>\n

JSE top 20 five-year growth<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nCompany<\/strong><\/td>\nShare Price (2009)
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Share Price (2014)
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		% Growth
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nNaspers<\/td>\n190.00<\/td>\n1,182.00<\/td>\n522.1%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nRichemont<\/td>\n18.01<\/td>\n109.30<\/td>\n506.9%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAspen<\/td>\n49.51<\/td>\n279.13<\/td>\n463.8%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSanlam<\/td>\n16.82<\/td>\n59.78<\/td>\n255.4%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSAB Miller<\/td>\n166.76<\/td>\n576.70<\/td>\n245.8%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nFirstRand<\/td>\n11.60<\/td>\n39.96<\/td>\n244.5%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nOld Mutual<\/td>\n10.80<\/td>\n35.70<\/td>\n230.6%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nRemgro<\/td>\n68.12<\/td>\n220.08<\/td>\n223.1%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nBidvest<\/td>\n95.50<\/td>\n294.72<\/td>\n208.6%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nShoprite<\/td>\n55.90<\/td>\n165.00<\/td>\n195.2%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nBritish American Tobacco<\/td>\n222.23<\/td>\n627.00<\/td>\n182.1%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nVodacom<\/td>\n53.80<\/td>\n131.80<\/td>\n145.0%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nSasol<\/td>\n301.00<\/td>\n596.86<\/td>\n98.3%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nMTN<\/td>\n121.00<\/td>\n224.77<\/td>\n85.8%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nKumba Iron Ore<\/td>\n188.00<\/td>\n332.99<\/td>\n77.1%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nBHP Billiton<\/td>\n197.50<\/td>\n336.65<\/td>\n70.5%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nStandard Bank<\/td>\n85.10<\/td>\n143.84<\/td>\n69.0%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nBarclays Africa<\/td>\n100.50<\/td>\n154.86<\/td>\n54.1%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nAnglo American<\/td>\n234.30<\/td>\n261.18<\/td>\n11.5%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nAnglo Platinum<\/td>\n578.38<\/td>\n460.62<\/td>\n-20.36%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Share prices as at 3 June 2009 close and 30 May 2014: Bloomberg<\/small><\/p>\n

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