African Gems | Alexandria Container and Cargo tops Global Finance’s first annual ranking of the 25 Best-Performing Companies in Africa.     

Author: Denise Bedell

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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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