Revenue Growth Benchmarks
Top-line performance metrics of companies across industries and countries
Top 100 Companies Listed in South Africa
The revenues of South African companies are primarily driven by those operating in the basic materials and financial services sectors, collectively accounting for 44% of total LTM sales. Notably, in terms of growth in LTM sales, the financial services (17%), communication services (16%), consumer defensive (16%), and industrial (16%) sectors exhibited prominence. However, only the basic materials sector reported a marginal decline of 1% in the last 12 months and on a y-o-y basis. Lesaka Technologies (137%) and Thungela Resources (93%) emerged as the fastest-growing companies, while insurance companies such as Old Mutual and Sanlam reported a 54% and 44% decline, respectively, in annual revenues.
[ 1: LTM Sales in USD Biliion | Red Shading: Companies with negative growth in period]
| Sector | Company | HQ | Industry | Latest | LTM | year-on-year % | CAGR | ||||||||
| FQ | Sales1 | 3m | 6m | 9m | ltm | 1y | 2y | 3y | 5y | ||||||
| Basic Materials | PPC | ZAF | Building Materials | 2023-09 | 0.60 | na | 20.9% | na | 11.3% | 0.2% | 5.3% | 4.5% | -0.7% | ||
| Sasol | ZAF | Chemicals | 2023-06 | 16.25 | na | -9.7% | na | 6.2% | 6.2% | 19.8% | 15.0% | 9.8% | |||
| AECI | ZAF | Chemicals | 2023-12 | 2.02 | na | -4.9% | na | 5.4% | 5.4% | 20.0% | 15.9% | 10.0% | |||
| Sappi | ZAF | Forest Products | 2023-12 | 5.45 | -17.4% | -20.2% | -18.1% | -15.1% | -14.2% | 19.8% | 12.6% | 5.2% | |||
| Anglo American Platinum | ZAF | Metals & Mining | 2023-12 | 6.72 | na | -23.7% | na | -24.1% | -24.1% | -23.8% | 5.0% | 10.8% | |||
| Sibanye Stillwater | ZAF | Metals & Mining | 2023-06 | 7.21 | na | -13.9% | na | -15.8% | -19.7% | 4.2% | 23.8% | 24.7% | |||
| Impala Platinum Holdings | ZAF | Metals & Mining | 2023-06 | 5.98 | na | -22.2% | na | -9.9% | -9.9% | -9.3% | 15.1% | 24.3% | |||
| Gold Fields | ZAF | Metals & Mining | 2023-12 | 4.54 | na | 17.4% | na | 18.8% | 13.2% | 12.2% | 13.1% | 17.9% | |||
| Harmony Gold Mining Co | ZAF | Metals & Mining | 2023-12 | 3.10 | na | 35.1% | na | 30.7% | 15.5% | 8.7% | 19.0% | 19.2% | |||
| Northam Platinum Holdings | ZAF | Metals & Mining | 2023-06 | 2.22 | na | -3.7% | na | 16.1% | 16.1% | 10.1% | na | na | |||
| African Rainbow Minerals | ZAF | Metals & Mining | 2023-06 | 0.82 | na | -39.9% | na | -13.3% | -13.3% | -13.6% | 8.0% | 12.5% | |||
| Merafe Resources | ZAF | Metals & Mining | 2023-06 | 0.47 | na | 11.0% | na | -2.3% | -1.5% | 28.8% | 13.8% | 6.1% | |||
| Anglogold Ashanti PLC | ZAF | Metals & Mining | 2023-06 | 4.53 | na | 1.4% | na | 7.4% | 11.7% | -1.0% | 8.5% | 5.8% | |||
| Kumba Iron Ore | ZAF | Steel | 2023-12 | 4.65 | na | 54.4% | na | 16.5% | 16.5% | -8.1% | 2.5% | 13.5% | |||
| ArcelorMittal South Africa | ZAF | Steel | 2023-06 | 2.22 | na | -5.1% | na | -8.4% | 2.7% | 28.6% | -0.5% | 0.9% | |||
| Communication Services | Naspers | ZAF | Interactive Media | 2023-09 | 7.15 | na | 17.5% | na | 38.9% | 31.4% | 18.1% | 22.9% | 28.5% | ||
| MultiChoice Group | ZAF | Media - Diversified | 2023-09 | 3.22 | na | -1.1% | na | 3.2% | 7.1% | 5.3% | 4.8% | 4.5% | |||
| Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers | ZAF | Media - Diversified | 2023-06 | 0.39 | na | 7.3% | na | 16.6% | 16.6% | 15.6% | 7.8% | 1.9% | |||
| MTN Group | ZAF | Telecommunication Services | 2023-06 | 12.50 | na | 16.1% | na | 15.7% | 14.0% | 7.4% | 11.0% | 9.3% | |||
| Vodacom Group | ZAF | Telecommunication Services | 2023-09 | 7.58 | na | 35.5% | na | 29.7% | 16.0% | 10.1% | 9.5% | 6.6% | |||
| Telkom SA SOC | ZAF | Telecommunication Services | 2023-09 | 2.39 | na | 2.5% | na | 3.1% | 0.9% | -0.1% | 0.1% | 1.7% | |||
| Blue Label Telecoms | ZAF | Telecommunication Services | 2023-05 | 1.08 | na | 4.6% | na | 6.2% | 6.2% | 0.3% | -3.6% | -6.7% | |||
| Consumer Cyclical | Nampak | ZAF | Packaging & Containers | 2023-09 | 0.89 | na | -6.9% | na | -1.4% | -1.4% | 9.5% | 13.3% | 0.7% | ||
| Mpact | ZAF | Packaging & Containers | 2023-06 | 0.72 | na | 8.7% | na | 8.8% | 7.1% | 9.8% | 3.8% | 4.1% | |||
| Famous Brands | ZAF | Restaurants | 2023-08 | 0.43 | na | 10.1% | na | 10.7% | 14.9% | 26.1% | 4.6% | 1.2% | |||
| Shoprite Holdings | ZAF | Retail - Cyclical | 2023-06 | 12.06 | na | 17.0% | na | 16.9% | 16.9% | 13.1% | 11.4% | 8.2% | |||
| Pick N Pay Stores | ZAF | Retail - Cyclical | 2023-08 | 6.03 | na | 5.4% | na | 6.0% | 8.9% | 7.0% | 6.1% | 5.8% | |||
| Pepkor Holdings | ZAF | Retail - Cyclical | 2023-09 | 4.79 | na | 11.4% | na | 7.7% | 7.7% | 6.3% | 7.3% | 6.5% | |||
| Woolworths Holdings | ZAF | Retail - Cyclical | 2023-12 | 4.00 | na | 5.1% | na | 7.0% | 10.6% | -4.2% | 0.0% | 1.0% | |||
| Foschini Group | ZAF | Retail - Cyclical | 2023-09 | 3.00 | na | 12.4% | na | 14.3% | 19.4% | 25.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% | |||
| Mr Price Group | ZAF | Retail - Cyclical | 2023-09 | 1.95 | na | 27.2% | na | 24.5% | 17.1% | 20.5% | 12.2% | 9.0% | |||
| Truworths International | ZAF | Retail - Cyclical | 2023-06 | 1.12 | na | 9.1% | na | 11.2% | 11.2% | 10.1% | 6.7% | 2.5% | |||
| Cashbuild | ZAF | Retail - Cyclical | 2023-06 | 0.60 | na | -4.8% | na | -4.4% | -4.4% | -8.1% | 1.8% | 0.9% | |||
| Italtile | ZAF | Retail - Cyclical | 2023-12 | 0.48 | na | -3.2% | na | -1.7% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 10.9% | 8.5% | |||
| Lewis Group | ZAF | Retail - Cyclical | 2023-09 | 0.43 | na | 8.3% | na | 5.3% | 3.1% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 6.1% | |||
| Sun International | ZAF | Travel & Leisure | 2023-06 | 0.67 | na | 11.9% | na | 28.9% | 44.3% | 36.5% | -1.6% | -6.0% | |||
| Tsogo Sun | ZAF | Travel & Leisure | 2023-09 | 0.63 | na | 7.3% | na | 10.8% | 27.8% | 40.7% | -1.0% | 2.6% | |||
| Motus Holdings | ZAF | Vehicles & Parts | 2023-12 | 6.04 | na | 11.2% | na | 13.7% | 15.6% | 10.4% | 13.1% | 6.7% | |||
| Metair Investments | ZAF | Vehicles & Parts | 2023-06 | 0.88 | na | 31.2% | na | 25.7% | 10.2% | 16.6% | 7.4% | 7.9% | |||
| Combined Motor Holdings | ZAF | Vehicles & Parts | 2023-08 | 0.71 | na | 7.7% | na | 9.3% | 11.3% | 20.4% | 3.7% | 3.3% | |||
| Consumer Defensive | RCL Foods | ZAF | Consumer Packaged Goods | 2023-06 | 2.12 | na | 17.1% | na | 17.3% | 17.3% | 9.2% | 10.8% | 9.0% | ||
| Tiger Brands | ZAF | Consumer Packaged Goods | 2023-09 | 2.05 | na | 4.3% | na | 9.9% | 9.9% | 9.9% | 7.9% | 5.7% | |||
| KAL Group | ZAF | Retail - Cyclical | 2023-09 | 1.23 | na | 21.0% | na | 42.7% | 42.7% | 45.5% | 37.7% | 27.9% | |||
| Astral Foods | ZAF | Consumer Packaged Goods | 2023-09 | 1.06 | na | -6.3% | na | -0.4% | -0.4% | 10.2% | 11.4% | 8.2% | |||
| AVI | ZAF | Consumer Packaged Goods | 2023-06 | 0.84 | na | 8.4% | na | 7.8% | 7.8% | 6.0% | 4.1% | 2.1% | |||
| Libstar Holdings | ZAF | Consumer Packaged Goods | 2023-06 | 0.67 | na | 4.0% | na | 4.8% | 10.7% | 12.3% | 6.0% | 6.0% | |||
| Oceana Group | ZAF | Consumer Packaged Goods | 2023-09 | 0.55 | na | 7.5% | na | 22.6% | 22.6% | 17.0% | 6.3% | 5.5% | |||
| RFG Holdings | ZAF | Consumer Packaged Goods | 2023-09 | 0.43 | na | 7.4% | na | 8.7% | 21.9% | 11.2% | 10.3% | 9.6% | |||
| Quantum Foods Holdings | ZAF | Consumer Packaged Goods | 2023-09 | 0.38 | na | 9.7% | na | 15.5% | 15.5% | 13.5% | 10.9% | 11.0% | |||
| Brimstone Investment Corp | ZAF | Consumer Packaged Goods | 2023-06 | 0.38 | na | 17.0% | na | 19.4% | 22.9% | 14.7% | 11.8% | 17.4% | |||
| Sea Harvest Group | ZAF | Consumer Packaged Goods | 2023-06 | 0.36 | na | 18.4% | na | 22.1% | 27.3% | 15.9% | 14.0% | 22.5% | |||
| Advtech | ZAF | Education | 2023-06 | 0.42 | na | 16.3% | na | 16.7% | 17.6% | 12.5% | 10.9% | 12.1% | |||
| Bid Corp | ZAF | Retail - Defensive | 2023-12 | 11.78 | na | 24.0% | na | 30.6% | 33.4% | 30.8% | 17.6% | 10.8% | |||
| Spar Group | ZAF | Retail - Defensive | 2023-09 | 8.19 | na | 12.3% | na | 10.1% | 10.1% | 8.0% | 6.3% | 8.1% | |||
| Energy | Exxaro Resources | ZAF | Other Energy Sources | 2023-06 | 2.41 | na | -15.2% | na | 7.6% | 41.5% | 26.6% | 21.7% | 15.2% | ||
| Thungela Resources | ZAF | Other Energy Sources | 2023-06 | 2.18 | na | -45.1% | na | -8.2% | 93.1% | 267.9% | 39.8% | na | |||
| Financial Services | Remgro | ZAF | Asset Management | 2023-06 | 2.82 | na | 13.7% | na | 17.2% | 17.2% | -13.1% | -3.3% | 9.4% | ||
| Ninety One | ZAF | Asset Management | 2023-09 | 0.89 | na | 7.3% | na | 4.5% | 5.4% | 2.6% | 1.7% | 8.6% | |||
| PSG Financial Services Limited | ZAF | Asset Management | 2023-08 | 0.37 | na | 15.7% | na | 9.2% | 7.0% | 11.4% | 8.9% | 10.1% | |||
| Firstrand | ZAF | Banks | 2023-06 | 7.39 | na | 15.9% | na | 15.0% | 15.0% | 10.2% | 8.2% | 7.6% | |||
| Absa Group | ZAF | Banks | 2023-06 | 5.84 | na | 12.8% | na | 14.4% | 14.4% | 9.7% | 7.0% | 6.0% | |||
| Nedbank Group | ZAF | Banks | 2023-06 | 3.56 | na | 13.3% | na | 13.8% | 11.0% | 8.6% | 4.4% | 4.2% | |||
| Capitec Bank Holdings | ZAF | Banks | 2023-08 | 1.84 | na | 21.1% | na | 17.3% | 12.4% | 14.8% | 12.8% | 11.2% | |||
| Investec | ZAF | Banks | 2023-09 | 1.26 | na | 31.1% | na | -18.4% | 6.3% | 15.6% | 10.1% | 2.2% | |||
| Transaction Capital | ZAF | Credit Services | 2023-09 | 1.48 | na | 1.7% | na | 8.8% | 8.8% | 66.4% | 96.5% | 52.8% | |||
| Old Mutual | ZAF | Insurance | 2023-06 | 13.29 | na | -979.7% | na | 105.0% | -54.3% | -11.8% | -13.6% | -8.2% | |||
| Sanlam | ZAF | Insurance | 2023-06 | 10.97 | na | 393.1% | na | 42.5% | -43.6% | -7.5% | -8.7% | -0.3% | |||
| Discovery | ZAF | Insurance | 2023-06 | 4.76 | na | 82.8% | na | 28.9% | 28.9% | 6.1% | 10.1% | 9.9% | |||
| OUTsurance Group | ZAF | Insurance | 2023-06 | 1.47 | na | 27.6% | na | 22.0% | 22.0% | 17.5% | 16.8% | 11.8% | |||
| Santam | ZAF | Insurance | 2023-06 | 0.99 | na | -100.0% | na | -42.9% | 5.3% | 6.9% | 4.7% | 5.9% | |||
| Healthcare | Aspen Pharmacare Holdings | ZAF | Drug Manufacturers | 2023-06 | 2.28 | na | 12.1% | na | 5.4% | 5.4% | 3.8% | 6.5% | 1.2% | ||
| Adcock Ingram Holdings | ZAF | Drug Manufacturers | 2023-12 | 0.50 | na | 1.4% | na | 1.8% | 4.9% | 8.4% | 7.5% | 7.4% | |||
| Clicks Group | ZAF | Healthcare Providers & Services | 2023-08 | 2.30 | na | 7.9% | na | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.6% | 7.1% | 7.3% | |||
| Dis-Chem Pharmacies | ZAF | Healthcare Providers & Services | 2023-08 | 1.89 | na | 9.4% | na | 7.5% | 7.4% | 11.5% | 10.8% | 10.9% | |||
| Netcare | ZAF | Healthcare Providers & Services | 2023-09 | 1.30 | na | 7.4% | na | 9.5% | 9.5% | 5.7% | 7.9% | 2.7% | |||
| Life Healthcare Group Holdings | ZAF | Healthcare Providers & Services | 2023-09 | 1.24 | na | 5.3% | na | 10.3% | 10.3% | -8.2% | -1.7% | -0.7% | |||
| Afrocentric Investment Corp | ZAF | Healthcare Providers & Services | 2023-06 | 0.50 | na | 2.8% | na | 2.0% | 2.0% | 4.8% | 11.4% | 16.1% | |||
| Industrials | Barloworld | ZAF | Business Services | 2023-09 | 2.47 | na | 15.6% | na | 14.3% | 14.3% | 14.9% | 9.9% | -5.6% | ||
| Adcorp Holdings | ZAF | Business Services | 2023-08 | 0.70 | na | 10.2% | na | 10.0% | 6.5% | 1.4% | -2.3% | -4.7% | |||
| Zeda | ZAF | Business Services | 2023-09 | 0.50 | na | 6.0% | na | 12.4% | 12.4% | 9.2% | 1.7% | na | |||
| Bidvest Group | ZAF | Conglomerates | 2023-06 | 6.45 | na | 16.0% | na | 15.0% | 15.0% | 14.1% | 14.5% | 8.3% | |||
| Omnia Holdings | ZAF | Conglomerates | 2023-09 | 1.36 | na | -14.1% | na | 4.9% | 24.0% | 27.1% | 14.2% | 8.9% | |||
| Hosken Consolidated Investments | ZAF | Conglomerates | 2023-09 | 1.29 | na | 6.4% | na | 9.3% | 20.1% | 27.5% | 2.7% | -0.8% | |||
| KAP | ZAF | Conglomerates | 2023-12 | 0.00 | na | -100.0% | na | -100.0% | 5.9% | 11.2% | 11.1% | 5.4% | |||
| Aveng | ZAF | Construction | 2023-12 | 1.85 | na | 48.3% | na | 41.1% | 30.3% | 7.4% | 12.0% | -0.6% | |||
| Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon | ZAF | Construction | 2023-06 | 1.33 | na | 62.9% | na | 37.9% | 37.9% | 10.5% | -18.0% | -7.5% | |||
| Raubex Group | ZAF | Construction | 2023-08 | 0.90 | na | 14.5% | na | 26.3% | 32.2% | 31.5% | 20.6% | 12.4% | |||
| Murray And Roberts Holdings | ZAF | Construction | 2023-06 | 0.70 | na | 43.8% | na | 42.3% | 42.3% | -24.5% | -15.8% | -10.6% | |||
| Bell Equipment | ZAF | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery | 2023-06 | 0.68 | na | 42.0% | na | 43.4% | 28.2% | 23.9% | 9.5% | 8.4% | |||
| Hudaco Industries | ZAF | Industrial Distribution | 2023-11 | 0.48 | na | 6.3% | na | 9.1% | 9.1% | 10.7% | 12.5% | 6.9% | |||
| Invicta Holdings | ZAF | Industrial Distribution | 2023-09 | 0.45 | na | 12.0% | na | 10.6% | 8.1% | 11.5% | 4.2% | -4.9% | |||
| Hulamin | ZAF | Industrial Products | 2023-06 | 0.86 | na | -7.0% | na | -0.7% | 22.4% | 36.5% | 14.2% | 9.1% | |||
| Reunert | ZAF | Industrial Products | 2023-09 | 0.76 | na | 25.4% | na | 23.8% | 23.8% | 20.0% | 19.6% | 7.2% | |||
| Super Group | ZAF | Transportation | 2023-06 | 3.47 | na | 27.3% | na | 30.6% | 30.6% | 25.1% | 21.4% | 11.7% | |||
| Real Estate | Growthpoint Properties | ZAF | REITs | 2023-06 | 0.77 | na | 3.3% | na | 5.3% | 5.3% | 2.3% | 3.6% | 4.7% | ||
| Redefine Properties | ZAF | REITs | 2023-08 | 0.55 | na | 8.0% | na | 20.2% | 20.2% | 17.7% | 5.4% | 3.3% | |||
| Technology | Mustek | ZAF | Hardware | 2023-06 | 0.57 | na | 9.9% | na | 13.7% | 13.7% | 12.6% | 16.5% | 12.3% | ||
| Datatec | ZAF | Software | 2023-08 | 5.56 | na | 29.1% | na | 33.2% | 33.1% | 23.1% | 13.3% | 14.7% | |||
| Altron | ZAF | Software | 2023-08 | 0.53 | na | 4.1% | na | 16.5% | 19.3% | 12.3% | 8.6% | -8.5% | |||
| Lesaka Technologies Inc | ZAF | Software | 2023-12 | 0.55 | 5.8% | 7.3% | 8.0% | 30.9% | 137.2% | 100.9% | 54.1% | 2.8% | |||
| Source: Annual Filings, Company Website | |||||||||||||||