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South African (JSE) Real Estate Sector Analysis

UpdatedJan 22, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies34
  • 7D1.4%
  • 3M-2.5%
  • 1Y18.5%
  • YTD-2.8%

The Real Estate industry is up 1.4% in the last week, with Redefine Properties up 1.4%. This means that the industry has gained 19% over the past year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to decline by 2.1% per year.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 23 Jan 2025R367.4bR99.0bR49.7b6.1x7.4x3.7x
Sat, 21 Dec 2024R380.9bR98.8bR49.7b6.1x7.7x3.9x
Mon, 18 Nov 2024R369.2bR98.6bR50.0b6.1x7.4x3.7x
Wed, 16 Oct 2024R381.9bR98.1bR45.6b7x8.4x3.9x
Fri, 13 Sep 2024R376.9bR97.3bR45.1b7.4x8.4x3.9x
Sun, 11 Aug 2024R365.5bR95.8bR44.5b7.2x8.2x3.8x
Tue, 09 Jul 2024R351.4bR95.4bR44.1b6.8x8x3.7x
Thu, 06 Jun 2024R337.7bR94.9bR47.1b6x7.2x3.6x
Sat, 04 May 2024R327.4bR94.9bR43.6b5.9x7.5x3.5x
Mon, 01 Apr 2024R335.2bR95.3bR43.9b6.8x7.6x3.5x
Wed, 28 Feb 2024R338.5bR91.8bR37.1b7.5x9.1x3.7x
Fri, 26 Jan 2024R351.4bR97.7bR39.6b8.7x8.9x3.6x
Sun, 24 Dec 2023R345.7bR97.6bR39.5b8.6x8.7x3.5x
Tue, 21 Nov 2023R318.6bR96.8bR39.8b8.5x8x3.3x
Thu, 19 Oct 2023R306.1bR96.0bR46.4b7.6x6.6x3.2x
Sat, 16 Sep 2023R319.7bR95.5bR47.9b8.1x6.7x3.3x
Mon, 14 Aug 2023R337.5bR92.9bR47.1b7.5x7.2x3.6x
Wed, 12 Jul 2023R321.4bR92.5bR47.6b7.3x6.7x3.5x
Fri, 09 Jun 2023R328.4bR91.7bR48.7b7.3x6.7x3.6x
Sun, 07 May 2023R337.3bR88.5bR52.8b6.1x6.4x3.8x
Tue, 04 Apr 2023R305.1bR81.0bR40.3b5.8x7.6x3.8x
Thu, 02 Mar 2023R329.0bR83.9bR43.2b5.8x7.6x3.9x
Sat, 28 Jan 2023R332.5bR82.7bR39.6b6x8.4x4x
Mon, 26 Dec 2022R337.0bR82.1bR39.2b6x8.6x4.1x
Wed, 23 Nov 2022R334.4bR80.8bR39.5b6.3x8.5x4.1x
Fri, 21 Oct 2022R315.5bR80.3bR33.0b7.1x9.5x3.9x
Sun, 18 Sep 2022R322.2bR79.6bR31.8b7.3x10.1x4x
Tue, 16 Aug 2022R326.3bR75.1bR28.4b7.7x11.5x4.3x
Thu, 14 Jul 2022R305.7bR75.3bR28.6b7.1x10.7x4.1x
Sat, 11 Jun 2022R311.1bR69.9bR25.2b7.5x12.3x4.5x
Mon, 09 May 2022R318.0bR72.1bR22.6b8.2x14x4.4x
Wed, 06 Apr 2022R346.8bR73.9bR20.3b8.7x17.1x4.7x
Fri, 04 Mar 2022R349.7bR77.7bR19.6b8.6x17.9x4.5x
Sun, 30 Jan 2022R341.0bR79.1bR17.8b9.2x19.2x4.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

19.2x


Total Market Cap: R341.0bTotal Earnings: R17.8bTotal Revenue: R79.1bTotal 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 7.8% 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 Market2.66%
Real Estate1.37%
Specialized REITs3.53%
REITS2.45%
Retail REITs1.00%
Industrial REITs0.85%
Real Estate0.70%
Residential REITs0%0
Hotel and Resort REITs0%0
Health Care REITs0%0
Office REITs-3.26%
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
RDF Redefine PropertiesR4.371.4%
+R405.1m
11.8%PB0.6x
SAC SA Real EstateR2.962.1%
+R149.0m
11.3%PB0.7x
GRT Growthpoint PropertiesR12.430.2%
+R101.6m
8.2%PB0.6x
SEA Spear ReitR9.802.5%
+R64.2m
17.4%PB0.8x
DIB Dipula Income FundR5.401.1%
+R54.6m
28.6%PB0.8x
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APF

R0.46

Accelerate Property Fund

7D

4.5%

1Y

-23.3%

RDF

R4.37

Redefine Properties

7D

1.4%

1Y

11.8%

MSP

R21.25

MAS

7D

-2.1%

1Y

20.8%

FTA

R18.00

Fairvest

7D

-1.4%

1Y

9.1%

HYP

R44.08

Hyprop Investments

7D

-3.1%

1Y

40.5%

LTE

R7.55

Lighthouse Properties

7D

-2.2%

1Y

0.4%

DIB

R5.40

Dipula Income Fund

7D

1.1%

1Y

28.6%

EXP

R12.12

Exemplar REITail

7D

1.0%

1Y

5.4%

BTN

R8.80

Burstone Group

7D

0.6%

1Y

0%

VKE

R17.20

Vukile Property Fund

7D

-1.8%

1Y

16.2%

ATT

R13.08

Attacq

7D

-2.4%

1Y

35.5%

SEA

R9.80

Spear Reit

7D

2.5%

1Y

17.4%

SAC

R2.96

SA Real Estate

7D

2.1%

1Y

11.3%

EQU

R14.15

Equites Property Fund

7D

-2.3%

1Y

2.5%