CHP - Choppies Enterprises Limited

Feb 4, 2026 at 19:13 Twitter · Facebook

CHP share price on Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Choppies Enterprises Limited, headquartered in Botswana, is an investment holding company listed on both the Botswana and Johannesburg stock exchanges. The group operates in the retail sector of the sub-Saharan African market, selling fresh farm produce and other food products. Choppies supermarket chain stores offer international manufacturer-branded food products and fast-moving consumer goods as well as its own private brand products.

Choppies currently has over 250 stores across the southern African region, and operates in eight countries (Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Namibia) as the company continues its expansion into new, as well as under-serviced areas in the existing markets.

Choppies operates mainly in three retail formats: Hyper Stores, Super Stores, and Value Stores. The retail chain focuses on food and non-edible groceries, clothing, tobacco, beauty products, and general merchandise. This also includes additional value-added services such as financial transactions at the till points.

Choppies Enterprises Limited is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Choppies Enterprises is traded on the JSE under the ticker symbol “CHP”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of JSE:CHP is BW0000001072. Choppies Enterprises Limited is currently the 157th most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 4.6 billion, which makes about 0.019% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.

CHP Stock Market Performance

The current share price of Choppies Enterprises Limited (CHP) is ZAR 2.52. CHP closed its last trading day (Wednesday, February 4, 2026) at 2.52 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 3.3% gain over its previous closing price of 2.44 ZAR. Choppies Enterprises began the year with a share price of 7.93 ZAR but has since lost 68.2% off that price valuation, ranking it 401st on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders’ worries are compounded by the fact that CHP has lost 66% of the stock’s value from January 7th to date.

Choppies Enterprises is the 137th most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Nov 4, 2025 - Feb 4, 2026). CHP has traded a total volume of 18.2 million shares—in 5,352 deals—valued at ZAR 88 million over the period, with an average of 288,671 traded shares per session. A volume high of 1.11 million was achieved on January 8th, and a low of 6,302 on January 29th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Choppies Enterprises on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Profile of Choppies Enterprises Limited

Choppies Enterprises Limited was founded on March 3, 1986 and operates in the Consumer Services sector, specifically, the Food & Drug Retailers industry. Choppies Enterprises contracts an estimated total number of 17,185 employees.

CHP Industrial Market Competitors

Choppies Enterprises Limited, issuers of the CHP stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Consumer Services sector and/or Food & Drug Retailers industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top 10 by year-to-date performance.

Index of African Stock Exchanges:

1. Botswana Stock Exchange
2. BRVM Stock Exchange
3. Ghana Stock Exchange
4. Johannesburg Stock Exchange
5. Lusaka Securities Exchange
6. Malawi Stock Exchange
7. Nairobi Securities Exchange
8. Nigerian Stock Exchange
9. Uganda Securities Exchange
10. Zimbabwe Stock Exchange