LBR - Libstar Holdings Ltd

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LBR share price on Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Libstar was founded in 2005 as an investment holding company investing in companies operating in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry. The company focuses on the food, beverage, household and personal care segments of the market.

Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, Libstar has annualised net revenues in excess of R7 billion. The group consists of 28 business units that operate nationally across 31 sites located in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces.

Libstar offers its customers a wide range of products with the convenience of a single supplier with nationwide presence, and distribution and manufacturing capacity. The group concentrates on supplying the needs of the foods service industry, private label segments of larger retailers and the manufacturing of products for brand owners, as well as its own branded products.

Libstar Holdings Ltd is a producer and supplier of products in the Consumer packaged goods industry and markets in South Africa and globally. It has product categories namely perishables, ambient groceries, snacks and confectionery, baking,...

Libstar Holdings Ltd is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Libstar is traded on the JSE under the ticker symbol “LBR”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of JSE:LBR is ZAE000250239. Libstar Holdings Ltd is currently the 163rd most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 2.72 billion, which makes about 0.014% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.

LBR Stock Market Performance

The current share price of Libstar Holdings Ltd (LBR) is ZAR 3.99. LBR closed its last trading day (Thursday, April 18, 2024) at 3.99 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Libstar began the year with a share price of 3.50 ZAR and has since gained 14% on that price valuation, ranking it 36th on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders can be optimistic about LBR knowing the stock has accrued 19% over the past four-week period—25th best on JSE.

Libstar Holdings is the 96th most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Jan 18 - Apr 18, 2024). LBR has traded a total volume of 33.6 million shares—in 2,515 deals—valued at ZAR 118 million over the period, with an average of 533,328 traded shares per session. A volume high of 10.4 million was achieved on February 27th, and a low of 3 on January 26th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Libstar on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Profile of Libstar Holdings Ltd.

Libstar Holdings Ltd. operates in the Consumer Goods sector, specifically, the Food Production industry.

LBR Industrial Market Competitors

Libstar Holdings Ltd., issuers of the LBR stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Consumer Goods sector and/or Food Production industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top 10 by year-to-date performance.

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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