SLM - Sanlam Limited
The Sanlam Group is one of the largest established financial services groups in South Africa. Established in 1918, the group demutualised in 1998 and Sanlam Ltd then listed on the JSE Ltd. and the Namibian Stock Exchange. The group has business interests elsewhere in Africa, Europe, United Kingdom and India, the USA and Australia.
Sanlam sells multiple insurance products and provides a variety of investment and wealth management services. Its products and services are organized into five categories: life insurance, general insurance, investment management, credit and structuring, and administration,...
Sanlam Limited is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Sanlam is traded on the JSE under the ticker symbol “SLM”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of JSE:SLM is ZAE000070660. Sanlam Limited is currently the 17th most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 186 billion, which makes about 0.84% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 86.96 |
| Day’s High Price | 88.73 |
| Traded Volume | 15.4M |
| Number of Deals | 8,063 |
| Gross Turnover | 1.36B |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | 9.50 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | 9.27 |
| Dividend Per Share | 4.45 |
| Dividend Yield | 5.06% |
| Shares Outstanding | 2.12B |
| Market Capitalization | 186B |
SLM Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| -1.39% | +2.83% | +4.5% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| -1.61% | +5.7% | +1.31% |
The current share price of Sanlam Limited (SLM) is ZAR 88.02. SLM closed its last trading day (Friday, June 20, 2025) at 88.02 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 1.1% gain over its previous closing price of 87.09 ZAR. Sanlam began the year with a share price of 86.88 ZAR and has since gained 1.31% on that price valuation, ranking it 183rd on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance.
Sanlam is the 13th most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Mar 18 - Jun 20, 2025). SLM has traded a total volume of 319 million shares—in 484,329 deals—valued at ZAR 26.7 billion over the period, with an average of 5.07 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 22 million was achieved on March 20th, and a low of 1.49 million on May 28th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Sanlam on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-20 | 15,426,760 | 88.02 | +0.93 | +1.07% |
| 2025-06-19 | 7,815,092 | 87.09 | +0.66 | +0.76% |
| 2025-06-18 | 2,737,043 | 86.43 | -0.03 | -0.03% |
| 2025-06-17 | 3,953,912 | 86.46 | -0.29 | -0.33% |
| 2025-06-13 | 3,988,739 | 86.75 | -2.51 | -2.81% |
| 2025-06-12 | 3,218,191 | 89.26 | -0.26 | -0.29% |
| 2025-06-11 | 2,389,271 | 89.52 | -0.90 | -1.00% |
| 2025-06-10 | 5,961,664 | 90.42 | +1.32 | +1.48% |
| 2025-06-09 | 7,528,455 | 89.10 | -1.48 | -1.63% |
| 2025-06-06 | 4,967,849 | 90.58 |
Profile of Sanlam Ltd.
Sanlam Ltd. operates in the Financials sector, specifically, the Insurance industry.
Factsheet of Sanlam Ltd.
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- Insurance
- Address
- 2 Strand Road, Bellville, Cape Town, 7530
- Telephone
- 021 947-9111
- Website
- www.sanlam.co.za
SLM Industrial Market Competitors
Sanlam Ltd., issuers of the SLM stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Financials sector and/or Insurance industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top 10 by year-to-date performance.
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