Best-Performing African Public Companies 2015

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Methodology

The 25 Best-Performing Public Com-panies in Africa ranking evaluates nonfinancial companies on four measures: liquidity, solvency, return on assets and profit margin. The ranking begins with the top 300 companies by market capitalization.

Firms are given a score on each measure, and those figures are totaled to create an overall score. A low score on each measure is equated with best performance, and the company with the lowest overall score places highest in the ranking.

African Gems

Egyptian transportation company Alexandria Container and Cargo tops Global Finance’s first annual list of the 25 Best-Performing Public Companies in Africa. The firm scored well on all four of the criteria used to determine performance: liquidity, solvency, return on assets (ROA) and profit margin. It scored in the top 5 on all of these measures.

BEST-PERFORMING COMPANIES

Rank	Company	Country	Sector	Liq. Ratio	Lev. Ratio	Return  On Assets	Profit Margin (%)	Total Score
1	ALEXANDRIA CONTAINER AND CARGO.	EG	Transport	6.00	89.86	37.33	59.31	13
2	COMPAGNIE MINIERE DE TOUISSIT	MA	Metals & metal products	4.27	81.11	20.24	49.35	46
3	TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL	ZA	Wholesale & retail trade	4.35	82.24	29.79	31.39	51
4	SWISSPORT TANZANIA	TZ	Transport	2.67	71.87	46.54	42.06	67
5	EGYPTIAN SATELLITE	EG	Post & telecom	5.76	77.98	14.89	38.32	72
6	ASSORE	ZA	Metals & metal products	2.37	92.06	21.13	25.26	73
7	SOCIETE METALLURGIQUE D'IMITER	MA	Metals & metal products	5.74	87.99	13.59	31.20	74
8	SIDI KERIR PETROCHEMICALS	EG	Chemicals, rubber, plastics, non-metallic products	1.75	68.29	25.31	47.77	102
8	ABU KIR FERTILIZERS & CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES	EG	Chemicals, rubber, plastics, non-metallic products	2.06	65.46	27.79	41.38	102
10	ALEXANDRIA MINERAL OILS COMPANY	EG	Primary sector	4.63	85.86	21.95	10.92	123
11	SOCIETE LES CIMENTS DU MAROC	MA	Chemicals, rubber, plastics, non-metallic products	1.81	84.24	10.71	29.67	125
12	MISR CEMENT COMPANY - QENA	EG	Chemicals, rubber, plastics, non-metallic products	1.50	63.94	27.58	39.09	132
13	METROFILE HOLDINGS	ZA	Other services	1.51	70.09	19.11	30.35	133
14	SPUR CORPORATION	ZA	Hotels & restaurants	1.57	70.41	18.47	26.85	136
14	REUNERT	ZA	Machinery, equipment, furniture, recycling	2.23	66.09	20.56	23.15	136
16	EGYPTIAN INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS	EG	Chemicals, rubber, plastics, non-metallic products	1.46	78.22	12.94	29.64	137
17	TANZANIA CIGARETTE COMPANY	TZ	Wholesale & retail trade	1.14	72.16	27.74	34.06	138
18	FAMOUS BRANDS	ZA	Hotels & restaurants	1.25	76.51	25.15	20.69	142
19	AFRICAN RAINBOW MINERALS	ZA	Metals & metal products	1.62	77.35	9.02	37.75	145
20	LAFARGE ZAMBIA	ZM	Chemicals, rubber, plastics, non-metallic products	1.28	58.99	21.46	46.99	155
21	EGYPTIAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES	EG	Chemicals, rubber, plastics, non-metallic products	30.37	97.26	4.43	32.64	160
22	LEWIS GROUP	ZA	Wholesale & retail trade	4.12	69.28	9.99	20.49	164
22	MR PRICE GROUP	ZA	Wholesale & retail trade	1.81	63.82	29.15	17.92	164
24	CANAL SHIPPING AGENCIES	EG	Transport	2.24	70.05	6.88	54.24	165
25	ITALTILE	ZA	Wholesale & retail trade	0.95	82.20	18.76	25.39	175
Source For Data: Orbis By Bureau van Dijk

Ranking second is Cie Minière de Touissit—the second-largest mining company in Morocco, which focuses on silver, lead and zinc mining. The company scored well overall in our rankings, and in the top 10 for both liquidity and profit margin.

Coming in third is retailer Truworths International of South Africa, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, which boasts 650 fashion outlets in South Africa and 40 more across the continent. Truworths came in third for liquidity and sixth for ROA.

The Tanzanian arm of global cargo handling firm Swissport—listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange—ranks fourth in the list, with a particularly strong showing in return on assets (in which the firm ranked first).

By sector, Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals of Egypt leads the chemicals and related industries, with a strong ranking in both ROA and profit margin. Coming first in the construction segment is residential builder Calgro M3. In addition to performing well in our ranking, the black-empowered property developer focuses on the creation of sustainable communities.

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