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South African (JSE) Real Estate Sector Analysis

UpdatedJan 31, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies34
  • 7D0.7%
  • 3M-0.8%
  • 1Y16.1%
  • YTD-2.5%

In the last week, the Real Estate industry is flat overall, with Collins Property Group standing out by going down 14%. As for the the longer term, the industry is up 16% over the past 12 months. As for the next few years, earnings are forecast to decline by 2.1% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the South African Real Estate Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 31 Jan 2025R369.5bR99.0bR49.7b6.2x7.4x3.7x
Sun, 29 Dec 2024R377.2bR99.2bR50.1b6.2x7.5x3.8x
Tue, 26 Nov 2024R371.0bR98.3bR48.5b6x7.7x3.8x
Thu, 24 Oct 2024R374.8bR98.1bR45.6b6.9x8.2x3.8x
Sat, 21 Sep 2024R378.7bR97.3bR46.3b6.8x8.2x3.9x
Mon, 19 Aug 2024R373.6bR95.7bR44.1b7.3x8.5x3.9x
Wed, 17 Jul 2024R355.1bR95.6bR44.0b6.9x8.1x3.7x
Fri, 14 Jun 2024R339.7bR94.6bR45.8b6.1x7.4x3.6x
Sun, 12 May 2024R329.9bR95.2bR43.8b5.9x7.5x3.5x
Tue, 09 Apr 2024R330.7bR95.2bR43.8b6.8x7.6x3.5x
Thu, 07 Mar 2024R342.0bR91.7bR37.1b7.8x9.2x3.7x
Sat, 03 Feb 2024R358.8bR97.6bR39.6b8.7x9.1x3.7x
Mon, 01 Jan 2024R348.0bR97.4bR39.4b8.7x8.8x3.6x
Wed, 29 Nov 2023R319.8bR97.1bR40.0b8.3x8x3.3x
Fri, 27 Oct 2023R298.1bR96.0bR46.5b7.3x6.4x3.1x
Sun, 24 Sep 2023R319.2bR95.7bR48.0b8.1x6.6x3.3x
Tue, 22 Aug 2023R331.4bR93.0bR47.3b8.2x7x3.6x
Thu, 20 Jul 2023R325.4bR92.3bR47.4b7.8x6.9x3.5x
Sat, 17 Jun 2023R329.9bR91.8bR48.1b7.6x6.9x3.6x
Mon, 15 May 2023R330.8bR89.1bR53.2b5.8x6.2x3.7x
Wed, 12 Apr 2023R331.8bR87.9bR52.1b6.3x6.4x3.8x
Fri, 10 Mar 2023R329.6bR84.5bR43.6b5.5x7.6x3.9x
Sun, 05 Feb 2023R337.8bR82.8bR39.6b6.1x8.5x4.1x
Tue, 03 Jan 2023R335.1bR82.2bR39.3b6x8.5x4.1x
Thu, 01 Dec 2022R333.5bR80.7bR40.0b6.2x8.3x4.1x
Sat, 29 Oct 2022R319.7bR79.9bR33.2b7.8x9.6x4x
Mon, 26 Sep 2022R307.3bR79.4bR31.5b7.7x9.8x3.9x
Wed, 24 Aug 2022R317.5bR76.7bR29.3b7.4x10.9x4.1x
Fri, 22 Jul 2022R312.4bR75.5bR28.8b7.2x10.9x4.1x
Sun, 19 Jun 2022R307.7bR74.7bR26.1b7.2x11.8x4.1x
Tue, 17 May 2022R323.7bR72.7bR22.4b8.2x14.4x4.5x
Thu, 14 Apr 2022R328.8bR71.1bR21.2b8.9x15.5x4.6x
Sat, 12 Mar 2022R331.2bR77.4bR20.1b8.2x16.4x4.3x
Mon, 07 Feb 2022R343.2bR79.3bR17.8b8.8x19.3x4.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

19.3x


Total Market Cap: R343.2bTotal Earnings: R17.8bTotal Revenue: R79.3bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
South African Real Estate Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 9.1x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the South African Real Estate 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 7.4x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 9.1x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 3.8x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Real Estate industry have grown 41% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 7.7% 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 Real Estate sector?

ZA Market1.96%
Real Estate0.72%
Real Estate1.41%
Retail REITs0.99%
REITS0.0085%
Residential REITs0%0
Hotel and Resort REITs0%0
Health Care REITs0%0
Industrial REITs-0.49%
Office REITs-2.19%
Specialized REITs-2.30%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Industrial REITs industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
Forecasted Growth
  • Despite it being negative, analysts are least pessimistic on the Real Estate industry since they expect its earnings to decline by only 2.1% per year over the next 5 years, which isn't as bad as the other industries.
  • This is a reversal from its past annual earnings growth rate of 39% per year.
  • In contrast, the Real Estate industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 2.1% 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
NRP NEPI RockcastleR141.182.6%
+R2.4b
11.7%PE9.3x
RDF Redefine PropertiesR4.431.8%
+R540.2m
6.0%PB0.6x
LTE Lighthouse PropertiesR7.762.8%
+R383.5m
2.0%PE1.8x
EXP Exemplar REITailR13.755.9%
+R252.5m
19.6%PB0.9x
MSP MASR21.801.7%
+R254.6m
17.9%PE6.4x
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MSP

R21.80

MAS

7D

1.7%

1Y

17.9%

DLT

R0.17

Delta Property Fund

7D

-22.7%

1Y

-10.5%

DIB

R5.26

Dipula Income Fund

7D

-1.5%

1Y

19.5%

RDF

R4.43

Redefine Properties

7D

1.8%

1Y

6.0%

HYP

R43.94

Hyprop Investments

7D

-0.1%

1Y

35.3%

LTE

R7.76

Lighthouse Properties

7D

2.8%

1Y

2.0%

NRP

R141.18

NEPI Rockcastle

7D

2.6%

1Y

11.7%

EXP

R13.75

Exemplar REITail

7D

5.9%

1Y

19.6%

SSS

R14.60

Stor-Age Property REIT

7D

-0.9%

1Y

3.0%

VKE

R17.40

Vukile Property Fund

7D

0.8%

1Y

15.3%

ATT

R12.98

Attacq

7D

-1.3%

1Y

32.4%

SAR

R6.30

Safari Investments RSA

7D

-5.8%

1Y

11.5%

SAC

R2.88

SA Real Estate

7D

-1.7%

1Y

14.3%