FSR - FirstRand Limited
FirstRand Limited, operating as a holding company, is a publicly registered bank controlling company. The firm engages in the provision of banking, insurance and investment products and services to retail, commercial, corporate and public sector customers. The group wholly owns FirstRand Bank, a full-service bank with a presence mostly in South Africa and surrounding southern African nations. FirstRand operates through the following five segments: FNB, RMB, WesBank, Aldermore, and FCC & Other.
FNB represents the group's activities in the retail and commercial segments; RMB, activities in the corporate and investment banking segments. WesBank composes of the group's activities in the installment credit, fleet management and related services in the retail, commercial and corporate segments. Aldermore does specialist lending across asset finance, invoice finance, small-medium sized enterprises, commercial mortgages, residential mortgages, and buy-to-let areas. The FCC & Other segment deals with group-wide functions such as treasury, finance, tax, enterprise risk management, regulatory and conduct risk management, and internal audit.
FirstRand Limited is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). FirstRand is traded on the JSE under the ticker symbol “FSR”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of JSE:FSR is ZAE000066304. FirstRand Limited is currently the 11th most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 391 billion, which is about 1.87% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 69.20 |
| Day’s High Price | 70.56 |
| Traded Volume | 12.4M |
| Number of Deals | 10,081 |
| Gross Turnover | 863M |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | 7.12 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | 9.79 |
| Dividend Per Share | 4.34 |
| Dividend Yield | 6.23% |
| Shares Outstanding | 5.61B |
| Market Capitalization | 391B |
FSR Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| +1.21% | -6.41% | -8.86% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| -15.1% | +17.8% | -8.27% |
The current share price of FirstRand Limited (FSR) is ZAR 69.68. FSR closed its last trading day (Thursday, April 17, 2025) at 69.68 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 0.4% gain over its previous closing price of 69.37 ZAR. FirstRand began the year with a share price of 75.96 ZAR but has since lost 8.27% off that price valuation, ranking it 272nd on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders’ worries are compounded by the fact that FSR has lost 6% of the stock’s value from March 19th to date.
FirstRand is the third most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Jan 20 - Apr 17, 2025). FSR has traded a total volume of 1.07 billion shares—in 595,753 deals—valued at ZAR 77.5 billion over the period, with an average of 17 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 49.8 million was achieved on March 20th, and a low of 7.35 million on February 11th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of FirstRand on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-17 | 12,382,309 | 69.68 | +0.31 | +0.45% |
| 2025-04-16 | 9,064,923 | 69.37 | -1.49 | -2.10% |
| 2025-04-15 | 18,203,127 | 70.86 | +0.88 | +1.26% |
| 2025-04-14 | 14,952,433 | 69.98 | +3.41 | +5.12% |
| 2025-04-11 | 16,149,354 | 66.57 | -2.28 | -3.31% |
| 2025-04-10 | 25,345,269 | 68.85 | +2.61 | +3.94% |
| 2025-04-09 | 32,045,691 | 66.24 | -1.69 | -2.49% |
| 2025-04-08 | 40,238,292 | 67.93 | +3.36 | +5.20% |
| 2025-04-07 | 26,920,262 | 64.57 | +1.67 | +2.66% |
| 2025-04-04 | 25,474,646 | 62.90 |
Profile of FirstRand Limited
FirstRand Limited was founded on November 11, 1966 and operates in the Financials sector, specifically, the Banking industry. FirstRand contracts an estimated total number of 49,233 employees.
Factsheet of FirstRand Limited
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- Banking
- Address
- 4 Merchant Place, Corner Fredman Dr. and Rivonia Rd., Sandton, 2196, South Africa
- Telephone
- +27-11-282-1808
FSR Industrial Market Competitors
FirstRand Limited, issuers of the FSR stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Financials sector and/or Banking 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INPPR | Investec Plc Preference Shares - Rand | 13.1M | 99.90 | +19.4% |
| INPP | Investec Plc Preference Shares | 380M | 138.00 | +13.1% |
| FGL | Finbond Group Ltd | 371M | 0.72 | +10.8% |
| ABSP | Absa Bank Preference Shares | 4.65B | 940.35 | +7.84% |
| SBK | Standard Bank Group Limited | 370B | 224.30 | +1.15% |
| CPIP | Capitec Bank Preference Shares | 47.3M | 102.00 | -0.29% |
| INPR | Investec Ltd Preference Shares | 2.33B | 94.00 | -0.32% |
| CPI | Capitec Bank Holdings Limited | 359B | 3,092.12 | -1.35% |
| SBPP | Standard Bank Preference Shares | 4.85B | 91.50 | -2.66% |
| ABG | Absa Group Limited | 153B | 171.00 | -9.88% |
