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African Gems | Alexandria Container and Cargo tops Global Finance’s first annual ranking of the 25 Best-Performing Companies in Africa.
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.
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.
Rank |
Company |
Country |
Sector |
Liq. Ratio |
Lev. Ratio |
Return On Assets |
Profit Margin (%) |
Total Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
ALEXANDRIA CONTAINER |
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 & |
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, |
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 & |
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 & |
4.12 |
69.28 |
9.99 |
20.49 |
164 |
22 |
MR PRICE GROUP |
ZA |
Wholesale & |
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 & |
0.95 |
82.20 |
18.76 |
25.39 |
175 |
Source For Data: Orbis By Bureau van Dijk
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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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