DCP - Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited

Jul 26, 2024 at 20:22 Twitter · Facebook

DCP share price on Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited is a leading retail pharmacy group in South Africa that operates a chain of pharmacy stores with a “Pharmacy First” approach, meaning all stores have a dispensary. The company offers medicines, beauty care, supplements, toiletries, and other health care products. Dis-Chem has 129 stores across the country, with its predominant exposure in Gauteng, including three stores in Namibia. Additionally, Dis-Chem serves dispensaries, family clinics, and self-medication centers in South Africa.

Dis-Chem operates two main divisions namely Retail and Wholesale. The retail division contributes the majority share to turnover and operating profit. It consists of our store base, clinic services, the courier business known as Dis-Chem Direct, our online business and our ancillary services which include our beauty and hair salons. The wholesale division operates a fine picking wholesale business. It has three contributors to turnover, namely, Dis-Chem, Independent Pharmacies, and TLC.

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Dis-Chem Pharmacies is traded on the JSE under the ticker symbol “DCP”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of JSE:DCP is ZAE000227831. Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited is currently the 59th most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 30.7 billion, which makes about 0.156% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.

DCP Stock Market Performance

The current share price of Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited (DCP) is ZAR 35.66. DCP closed its last trading day (Friday, July 26, 2024) at 35.66 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 0.1% drop from its previous closing price of 35.71 ZAR. Dis-Chem Pharmacies began the year with a share price of 30.69 ZAR and has since gained 16.2% on that price valuation, ranking it 78th on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders can be optimistic about DCP knowing the stock has accrued 6% over the past four-week period—68th best on JSE.

Dis-Chem Pharmacies is the 78th most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Apr 26 - Jul 26, 2024). DCP has traded a total volume of 55.7 million shares—in 58,753 deals—valued at ZAR 1.87 billion over the period, with an average of 883,553 traded shares per session. A volume high of 7.23 million was achieved on June 14th, and a low of 167,559 on May 16th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Dis-Chem Pharmacies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Profile of Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited was founded on March 18, 2005 and operates in the Consumer Services sector, specifically, the Food & Drug Retailers industry. Dis-Chem Pharmacies contracts an estimated total number of 13,500 employees.

DCP Industrial Market Competitors

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited, issuers of the DCP 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