WHL - Woolworths Holdings Ltd
Woolworths Holdings Limited is a southern hemisphere retail group with operations conducted through three major operating subsidiaries, namely Woolworths (Pty) Ltd and its subsidiaries (WSA), David Jones (Pty) Ltd, and Country Road Group (Pty) Ltd. A further joint venture operation, Woolworths Financial Services (Pty) Ltd, offers financial products to WSA customers. Forty percent of the group's revenue (including concession sales) is generated in Australasia.
Woolworths Holdings Ltd is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Woolworths is traded on the JSE under the ticker symbol “WHL”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of JSE:WHL is ZAE000063863. Woolworths Holdings Ltd is currently the 37th most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 67.7 billion, which makes about 0.373% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 68.04 |
| Day’s High Price | 68.83 |
| Traded Volume | 621,683 |
| Number of Deals | 765 |
| Gross Turnover | 42.5M |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | 4.2340 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | 16.17 |
| Dividend Per Share | 3.13 |
| Dividend Yield | 4.57% |
| Shares Outstanding | 989M |
| Market Capitalization | 67.7B |
WHL Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| -3.45% | -9.24% | -4.04% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| +4.12% | +9.55% | +3.07% |
The current share price of Woolworths Holdings Ltd (WHL) is ZAR 68.27. WHL closed its last trading day (Thursday, September 28, 2023) at 68.47 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 0.1% gain over its previous closing price of 68.40 ZAR. Woolworths began the year with a share price of 66.43 ZAR and has since gained 3.07% on that price valuation, ranking it 147th on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Investors should, however, take caution of WHL’s recent bad performance, having lost 9% of its value in the past four weeks.
Woolworths Holdings is the 14th most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Jun 30 - Sep 28, 2023). WHL has traded a total volume of 286 million shares—in 316,745 deals—valued at ZAR 21.5 billion over the period, with an average of 4.54 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 14.8 million was achieved on July 28th, and a low of 1.36 million on August 25th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Woolworths on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-28 | 1,968,691 | 68.47 | +0.07 | +0.10% |
| 2023-09-27 | 2,617,607 | 68.40 | -0.79 | -1.14% |
| 2023-09-26 | 4,063,301 | 69.19 | -0.03 | -0.04% |
| 2023-09-22 | 2,723,758 | 69.22 | -0.07 | -0.10% |
| 2023-09-21 | 6,734,768 | 69.29 | -1.63 | -2.30% |
| 2023-09-20 | 4,726,823 | 70.92 | +0.42 | +0.60% |
| 2023-09-19 | 5,063,286 | 70.50 | +0.23 | +0.33% |
| 2023-09-18 | 3,028,860 | 70.27 | -0.61 | -0.86% |
| 2023-09-15 | 8,900,867 | 70.88 | -1.92 | -2.64% |
| 2023-09-14 | 5,893,672 | 72.80 |
Profile of Woolworths Holdings Ltd.
Woolworths Holdings Ltd. operates in the Consumer Services sector, specifically, the General Retailers industry.
Factsheet of Woolworths Holdings Ltd.
- Sector
- Consumer Services
- Industry
- General Retailers
- Address
- Woolworths House, 93 Longmarket Street, Cape Town, 8001
- Telephone
- 021 407-9111
WHL Industrial Market Competitors
Woolworths Holdings Ltd., issuers of the WHL stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Consumer Services sector and/or General 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRU | Truworths Int Ltd | 31.2B | 76.42 | +39% |
| NCS | Nictus Ltd | 32.6M | 0.61 | +24.5% |
| AON | African & Overseas Enterprises N-Shares | 153M | 15.00 | +20% |
| ADH | ADvTECH Ltd | 11.6B | 20.97 | +15.4% |
| SHFF | Steinhoff Investment Preference Share | 683B | 80.00 | +14.3% |
| COH | Curro Holdings Limited | 5.99B | 10.20 | +13.3% |
| RTO | Rex Trueform Group Ltd | 241M | 11.11 | +10% |
| AOO | African & Overseas Enterprises Ltd | 192M | 16.25 | +1.56% |
| AOVP | African & Overseas Ent Preference | 2.76M | 10.03 | +0.3% |
| SDO | Stadio Holdings Limited | 4.17B | 4.90 | -0.2% |