CHP - Choppies Enterprises Limited
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 265th most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 795 million, which makes about 0.0042% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 0.57 |
| Day’s High Price | 0.67 |
| Traded Volume | 18,254 |
| Number of Deals | 3 |
| Gross Turnover | 11,151.00 |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | 0.1277 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | 4.78 |
| Dividend Per Share | 0.03 |
| Dividend Yield | 4.92% |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.3B |
| Market Capitalization | 795M |
CHP Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| -6.15% | -8.96% | -12.9% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| -20.8% | -6.15% | -33% |
The current share price of Choppies Enterprises Limited (CHP) is ZAR 0.66. CHP closed its last trading day (Thursday, June 1, 2023) at 0.61 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 7.6% drop from its previous closing price of 0.66 ZAR. Choppies Enterprises began the year with a share price of 0.91 ZAR but has since lost 33% off that price valuation, ranking it 376th on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders’ worries are compounded by the fact that CHP has lost 9% of the stock’s value from May 4th to date.
Choppies Enterprises is the 242nd most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Feb 28 - Jun 1, 2023). CHP has traded a total volume of 2.66 million shares—in 403 deals—valued at ZAR 1.74 million over the period, with an average of 42,161 traded shares per session. A volume high of 373,326 was achieved on April 18th for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Choppies Enterprises on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-01 | 85,601 | 0.61 | -0.05 | -7.58% |
| 2023-05-31 | 696 | 0.66 | +0.04 | +6.45% |
| 2023-05-30 | 100,484 | 0.62 | -0.02 | -3.13% |
| 2023-05-29 | 5,237 | 0.64 | -0.06 | -8.57% |
| 2023-05-26 | 20,901 | 0.70 | +0.05 | +7.69% |
| 2023-05-25 | 60,986 | 0.65 | -0.05 | -7.14% |
| 2023-05-24 | 23,383 | 0.70 | +0.09 | +14.75% |
| 2023-05-23 | 14,717 | 0.61 | -0.08 | -11.59% |
| 2023-05-22 | 348 | 0.69 | -0.02 | -2.82% |
| 2023-05-19 | 8,700 | 0.71 |
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.
Factsheet of Choppies Enterprises Limited
- Sector
- Consumer Services
- Industry
- Food & Drug Retailers
- Address
- Plot No 100, Garborone Int Commerce Park, East Gate, Gaborone, Botswana
- Telephone
- +267-318-6657, +267-318-6658, +27-14-538-3181
- info@choppies.co.bw
- Website
- choppiesgroup.com
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.
| Code | Name | M. Cap. | Close | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BID | BID Corporation Ltd | 143B | 425.44 | +29% |
| CLS | Clicks Group Ltd | 58.4B | 239.50 | -11.3% |
| SPP | The Spar Group Ltd | 19.1B | 99.26 | -12.6% |
| SHP | Shoprite Holdings Ltd | 116B | 196.27 | -13.2% |
| DCP | Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited | 19.5B | 22.70 | -21% |
| PIK | Pick n Pay Stores Ltd | 15.4B | 31.25 | -45% |
| AON | African & Overseas Enterprises N-Shares | 153M | 15.00 | +20% |
| SUI | Sun International Ltd | 9.93B | 37.91 | +9.6% |
| RTO | Rex Trueform Group Ltd | 41.5M | 11.02 | +9.11% |
| SHFF | Steinhoff Investment Preference Share | 1.12B | 74.95 | +7.07% |