YRK - York Timber Holdings Ltd

Apr 23, 2025 at 16:45 Twitter · Facebook

YRK share price on Johannesburg Stock Exchange

York is an integrated forestry company, operating through its wholly owned subsidiaries, York Timbers (Pty) Ltd., that owns plantations and processing plants, and Agentimber (Pty) Ltd., that runs a wholesale distribution network.

York has the largest market share of the South African timber and plywood market. This is a result of York’s sustainable biological assets, technologically advanced forestry operations and close attention to customer needs.

York Timber Holdings Ltd is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). York Timber is traded on the JSE under the ticker symbol “YRK”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of JSE:YRK is ZAE000133450. York Timber Holdings Ltd is currently the 239th most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 996 million, which is about 0.0047% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.

YRK Stock Market Performance

The current share price of York Timber Holdings Ltd (YRK) is ZAR 2.10. YRK closed its last trading day (Wednesday, April 23, 2025) at 2.10 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 0.5% gain over its previous closing price of 2.09 ZAR. York Timber began the year with a share price of 2.30 ZAR but has since lost 8.7% off that price valuation, ranking it 286th on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance.

York Timber Holdings is the 225th most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Jan 22 - Apr 23, 2025). YRK has traded a total volume of 3.83 million shares—in 326 deals—valued at ZAR 8.32 million over the period, with an average of 60,840 traded shares per session. A volume high of 966,908 was achieved on February 10th for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of York Timber on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Profile of York Timber Holdings Ltd.

York Timber Holdings Ltd. operates in the Basic Materials sector, specifically, the Forestry & Paper industry.

YRK Industrial Market Competitors

York Timber Holdings Ltd., issuers of the YRK stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Basic Materials sector and/or Forestry & Paper 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