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South African (JSE) Capital Markets Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 23, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies19
  • 7D0.4%
  • 3M1.8%
  • 1Y11.9%
  • YTD-1.2%

Over the last 7 days, the Capital Markets industry has remained flat. As for the the longer term, the industry is up 6.6% over the past 12 months. Earnings are forecast to grow by 5.8% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the South African Capital Markets Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 23 May 2025R205.2bR75.4bR24.6b6.8x8.4x2.7x
Sun, 20 Apr 2025R188.5bR77.2bR25.2b6.4x7.5x2.4x
Tue, 18 Mar 2025R196.5bR73.5bR22.9b7.1x8.6x2.7x
Thu, 13 Feb 2025R199.3bR72.2bR22.3b10.1x8.9x2.8x
Sat, 11 Jan 2025R201.4bR72.8bR22.5b9.7x9x2.8x
Mon, 09 Dec 2024R210.0bR72.1bR19.9b11.4x10.6x2.9x
Wed, 06 Nov 2024R209.9bR69.1bR17.7b10.6x11.9x3x
Fri, 04 Oct 2024R197.6bR69.1bR17.8b11.6x11.1x2.9x
Sun, 01 Sep 2024R197.0bR70.3bR19.0b10.8x10.4x2.8x
Tue, 30 Jul 2024R191.2bR70.9bR20.1b9.9x9.5x2.7x
Thu, 27 Jun 2024R189.7bR69.3bR19.6b9.9x9.7x2.7x
Sat, 25 May 2024R179.7bR69.8bR19.9b9.5x9x2.6x
Mon, 22 Apr 2024R166.8bR78.2bR20.2b9.8x8.3x2.1x
Wed, 20 Mar 2024R167.1bR79.0bR19.2b9.6x8.7x2.1x
Fri, 16 Feb 2024R174.1bR77.8bR15.5b10.8x11.3x2.2x
Sun, 14 Jan 2024R183.1bR81.6bR15.8b10.2x11.6x2.2x
Tue, 12 Dec 2023R176.6bR83.8bR16.8b10.1x10.5x2.1x
Thu, 09 Nov 2023R170.2bR78.5bR17.1b10.6x10x2.2x
Sat, 07 Oct 2023R169.5bR80.6bR18.0b10x9.4x2.1x
Mon, 04 Sep 2023R164.4bR78.7bR16.8b10.3x9.8x2.1x
Wed, 02 Aug 2023R165.3bR77.9bR16.2b11.8x10.2x2.1x
Fri, 30 Jun 2023R149.8bR78.9bR16.5b12.5x9.1x1.9x
Sun, 28 May 2023R152.9bR80.1bR18.5b13.1x8.3x1.9x
Tue, 25 Apr 2023R151.2bR74.0bR16.5b9.5x9.1x2x
Thu, 23 Mar 2023R152.4bR73.3bR19.0b9.9x8x2.1x
Sat, 18 Feb 2023R179.6bR74.0bR20.4b9x8.8x2.4x
Mon, 16 Jan 2023R175.5bR71.7bR19.6b9.6x8.9x2.4x
Wed, 14 Dec 2022R167.4bR73.3bR20.2b9.5x8.3x2.3x
Fri, 11 Nov 2022R164.0bR68.9bR21.0b8.9x7.8x2.4x
Sun, 09 Oct 2022R145.8bR68.2bR20.9b8.2x7x2.1x
Tue, 06 Sep 2022R150.0bR67.8bR20.5b7.8x7.3x2.2x
Thu, 04 Aug 2022R161.3bR68.8bR21.2b8.1x7.6x2.3x
Sat, 02 Jul 2022R157.8bR67.4bR19.4b9.6x8.1x2.3x
Mon, 30 May 2022R165.4bR68.1bR20.0b9.5x8.3x2.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

8.3x


Total Market Cap: R165.4bTotal Earnings: R20.0bTotal Revenue: R68.1bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
South African Capital Markets Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 9.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the South African Capital Markets industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 8.2x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 9.4x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 2.4x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Capital Markets industry have grown 7.0% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 3.5% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the South African Financials industry?

ZA Market0.69%
Financials-2.21%
Capital Markets0.45%
Diversified Capital Markets1.10%
Asset Management-0.23%
Financial Exchanges and Data-0.75%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Financial Exchanges and Data industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 11.0x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 6.7%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 10.4% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Diversified Capital Markets industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 7.6x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Financial Exchanges and Data industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 6.7% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 10% per year.
  • In contrast, the Diversified Capital Markets industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 5.7% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
INL Investec GroupR121.501.1%
+R1.2b
0%PE7.2x
BAT BraitR2.101.9%
+R154.5m
84.2%PE17.4x
PPE Purple GroupR1.266.8%
+R113.6m
68.0%PE37.7x
EPE EPE Capital PartnersR6.067.8%
+R109.5m
58.2%PE6.2x
YYLBEE YeboYethu (RF)R27.008.0%
+R105.8m
35.0%PE5.3x
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INL

R121.50

Investec Group

7D

1.1%

1Y

0%

YYLBEE

R27.00

YeboYethu (RF)

7D

8.0%

1Y

35.0%

VUN

R1.85

Vunani

7D

8.8%

1Y

-28.8%

ALV

R6.00

Altvest Capital

7D

-4.8%

1Y

n/a

MHB

R3.25

Mahube Infrastructure

7D

-15.6%

1Y

-31.6%

BAT

R2.10

Brait

7D

1.9%

1Y

84.2%

KST

R20.00

PSG Financial Services

7D

-0.9%

1Y

28.2%

MTNZF

R7.60

MTN Zakhele Futhi (RF)

7D

-1.3%

1Y

-46.1%

EPE

R6.06

EPE Capital Partners

7D

7.8%

1Y

58.2%

ZED

R1.26

Zeder Investments

7D

-6.7%

1Y

-28.8%