PBC - Produce Buying Company Limited
Produce Buying Company (PBC) is a Ghanaian cocoa bean company formed on November 13, 1981. The company is one of the biggest dealers in cocoa, sheanut and other cash crop in the West Africa sub-region. PBC purchases high quality cocoa beans/sheanuts from farmers, prepares and stores them in purpose-built sheds at village/society level, and ensures delivery of the graded and sealed stocks to designated Take Over Centers collection points for inspection, grading, and sealing by the Ghana Cocoa Board's Quality Control Department.
Produce Buying Company Limited is listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). Produce Buying is traded on the GSE under the ticker symbol “PBC”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of GSE:PBC is GH0000000169. Produce Buying Company Limited is currently the 34th most valuable stock on the GSE with a market capitalization of GHS 9.6 million, which is about 0.015% of the Ghana Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | |
| Day’s High Price | |
| Traded Volume | 19 |
| Number of Deals | |
| Gross Turnover | |
| Growth & Valuation | |
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| Earnings Per Share | -0.0545 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | -0.37 |
| Dividend Per Share | 0.00 |
| Dividend Yield | 0% |
| Shares Outstanding | 480M |
| Market Capitalization | 9.6M |
PBC Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| -33.3% | -33.3% |
The current share price of Produce Buying Company Limited (PBC) is GHS 0.02. PBC closed its last trading day (Tuesday, November 29, 2022) at 0.02 GHS per share on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). Produce Buying began the year with a share price of 0.03 GHS but has since lost 33.3% off that price valuation, ranking it 38th on the GSE in terms of year-to-date performance.
Produce Buying Company is the 11th most traded stock on the Ghana Stock Exchange over the past three months (Sep 8 - Dec 7, 2022). PBC has traded a total volume of 163,108 shares valued at GHS 3,262 over the period, with an average of 2,589 traded shares per session. A volume high of 151,000 was achieved on October 11th for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Produce Buying on the Ghana Stock Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-29 | 30 | 0.02 | ||
| 2022-11-25 | 31 | 0.02 | ||
| 2022-10-31 | 18 | 0.02 | ||
| 2022-10-27 | 35 | 0.02 | ||
| 2022-10-26 | 28 | 0.02 | ||
| 2022-10-25 | 60 | 0.02 | ||
| 2022-10-24 | 40 | 0.02 | ||
| 2022-10-20 | 2,700 | 0.02 | ||
| 2022-10-18 | 50 | 0.02 | ||
| 2022-10-17 | 23 | 0.02 |
Profile of Produce Buying Company Limited
Produce Buying Company Limited operates in the Consumer Goods sector.
Factsheet of Produce Buying Company Limited
- Sector
- Consumer Goods
- Industry
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- Address
- Private Mail Bag, Accra-North
- Telephone
- +233-302-779-015
- pbc@ghana.com
- Website
- www.pbcgh.com
PBC Industrial Market Competitors
Produce Buying Company Limited, issuers of the PBC stock on the Ghana Stock Exchange, have seven market competitors who are also engaged in the Consumer Goods sector. The table below presents an overview of their market standing.
| Code | Name | M. Cap. | Close | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOPP | Benso Oil Palm Plantation Limited | 266M | 7.65 | +15% |
| GGBL | Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited | 631M | 2.05 | +13.9% |
| CPC | Cocoa Processing Company Limited | 40.8M | 0.02 | |
| HORDS | Hords Limited | 11.5M | 0.10 | |
| SAMBA | Samba Foods Limited | 3.29M | 0.55 | |
| FML | Fan Milk Plc | 349M | 3.00 | -25% |
| UNIL | Unilever Ghana Limited | 269M | 4.31 | -26.8% |
