South African (JSE) Precious Metals and Minerals Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 25, 2026

DataAggregated Company Financials

Companies6

7D-15.2%
3M-15.6%
1Y97.7%
YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Precious Metals and Minerals industry has dropped 15%, driven by pullbacks from every company within the industry. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 98%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 28% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the South African Precious Metals and Minerals Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Wed, 25 Mar 2026	R813.4b	R404.5b	R27.1b	18x	30x	2x
Fri, 20 Feb 2026	R960.1b	R341.4b	-R415,030,006.80	191.7x	-2313.3x	2.8x
Sun, 18 Jan 2026	R1.0t	R341.6b	-R421,445,694.80	197x	-2402.9x	3x
Tue, 16 Dec 2025	R837.3b	R341.9b	-R432,062,806.80	169.9x	-1937.8x	2.4x
Thu, 13 Nov 2025	R724.5b	R342.7b	-R907,317,821.60	145.9x	-798.5x	2.1x
Sat, 11 Oct 2025	R763.1b	R342.9b	-R941,222,290.20	153.9x	-810.8x	2.2x
Mon, 08 Sep 2025	R613.8b	R344.0b	-R501,209,548.80	121.8x	-1224.6x	1.8x
Wed, 06 Aug 2025	R574.0b	R341.9b	-R21,018,815,864.80	31.2x	-27.3x	1.7x
Fri, 04 Jul 2025	R537.0b	R351.5b	-R15,270,998,751.70	18.4x	-35.2x	1.5x
Sun, 01 Jun 2025	R444.1b	R351.9b	-R15,285,350,049.70	15.7x	-29.1x	1.3x
Tue, 29 Apr 2025	R376.0b	R354.1b	-R14,726,981,718.00	13x	-25.5x	1.1x
Thu, 27 Mar 2025	R422.8b	R354.2b	-R13,456,133,386.40	15.5x	-31.4x	1.2x
Sat, 22 Feb 2025	R342.3b	R352.0b	-R58,783,350,469.60	12.7x	-5.8x	1x
Mon, 20 Jan 2025	R349.7b	R355.6b	-R54,192,318,736.80	8.4x	-6.5x	1x
Wed, 18 Dec 2024	R335.0b	R355.0b	-R54,235,271,425.80	8.1x	-6.2x	0.9x
Fri, 15 Nov 2024	R364.0b	R354.4b	-R54,484,106,361.60	9x	-6.7x	1x
Sun, 13 Oct 2024	R367.8b	R353.6b	-R55,625,086,129.60	14.4x	-6.6x	1x
Tue, 10 Sep 2024	R303.5b	R359.9b	-R40,658,504,964.00	13.1x	-7.5x	0.8x
Thu, 08 Aug 2024	R348.4b	R369.9b	-R35,707,775,451.20	9.2x	-9.8x	0.9x
Sat, 06 Jul 2024	R382.5b	R382.1b	-R34,301,306,038.60	9.1x	-11.2x	1x
Mon, 03 Jun 2024	R374.4b	R382.7b	-R34,254,668,868.40	8.2x	-10.9x	1x
Wed, 01 May 2024	R369.3b	R382.1b	-R33,995,810,245.00	8.2x	-10.9x	1x
Fri, 29 Mar 2024	R386.0b	R382.2b	-R35,000,008,413.00	9x	-11x	1x
Sun, 25 Feb 2024	R361.2b	R417.6b	R35.3b	9.8x	10.2x	0.9x
Tue, 23 Jan 2024	R433.4b	R449.9b	R53.2b	7.6x	8.1x	1x
Thu, 21 Dec 2023	R483.7b	R449.0b	R53.1b	8.3x	9.1x	1.1x
Sat, 18 Nov 2023	R417.2b	R449.8b	R53.8b	8.2x	7.8x	0.9x
Mon, 16 Oct 2023	R453.0b	R450.4b	R53.9b	8.8x	8.4x	1x
Wed, 13 Sep 2023	R404.6b	R451.1b	R55.4b	5.5x	7.3x	0.9x
Fri, 11 Aug 2023	R507.2b	R477.7b	R99.8b	4.3x	5.1x	1.1x
Sun, 09 Jul 2023	R499.1b	R498.8b	R118.7b	4.3x	4.2x	1x
Tue, 06 Jun 2023	R649.6b	R499.2b	R118.8b	5x	5.5x	1.3x
Thu, 04 May 2023	R680.9b	R498.1b	R119.3b	5.4x	5.7x	1.4x
Sat, 01 Apr 2023	R605.3b	R497.7b	R119.0b	4.5x	5.1x	1.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio

5.1x

Sat, 01 Apr 2023

Current Industry PE

Investors are pessimistic on the South African Precious Metals and Minerals 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 30.0x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of -250x.

The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.3x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 2.0x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Precious Metals and Minerals industry have declined 39% per year over the last three years,
Revenues have also declined 6.7% per year.
This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Comparison

How does South African Precious Metals and Minerals compare with similar industries?


ZA Market	-5.08%
Materials	-11.73%
Metals and Mining	-13.24%
Precious Metals and Minerals	-15.24%
Diversified Metals and Mining	-4.08%
Copper	-4.23%
Steel	-6.50%
Gold	-12.37%
Aluminum	-14.29%