GUINNESS - Guinness Nigeria

Apr 24, 2025 at 14:38 Twitter · Facebook

GUINNESS share price on Nigerian Stock Exchange

Guinness Nigeria Plc is a beer-brewing company that packages and markets beverages such as Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, Guinness Extra Smooth, Malta Guinness, Gordon’s Spark, and Harp Lager beer. Other brands include Smirnoff Ice, Armstrong Dark Ale, Satzenbrau Pilsner, Top Malt, Harp Lime, Dubic Extra Lager, and most recently, Malta Guinness Low Sugar. Nigeria is the world’s second-largest market for Guinness brands of beverages.

Guinness Nigeria became the first Guinness brewery outside of the British Isles when the first bottle of Guinness Foreign Extra Stout was brewed in November 1963, three years after Nigeria’s independence. Two years later, the company listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Guinness Nigeria is currently the only total beverage company in Nigeria, meaning the only company with a wide portfolio of brands catering to alcohol and non-alcohol drinkers, with spirits, lager and beers, and non-alcoholic drinks.

Guinness Nigeria is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX) since January 2nd, 1965. Guinness is traded on the NGX under the ticker symbol “GUINNESS”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NGX:GUINNESS is NGGUINNESS07. Guinness Nigeria is currently the 37th most valuable stock on the NGX with a market capitalization of NGN 175 billion, which makes about 0.263% of the Nigerian Stock Exchange equity market.

GUINNESS Stock Market Performance

The current share price of Guinness Nigeria (GUINNESS) is NGN 80.00. GUINNESS closed its last trading day (Thursday, April 24, 2025) at 80.00 NGN per share on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX). Guinness began the year with a share price of 70.25 NGN and has since gained 13.9% on that price valuation, ranking it 40th on the NGX in terms of year-to-date performance.

Guinness Nigeria is the 62nd most traded stock on the Nigerian Stock Exchange over the past three months (Jan 22 - Apr 24, 2025). GUINNESS has traded a total volume of 72.1 million shares—in 4,153 deals—valued at NGN 5.44 billion over the period, with an average of 1.14 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 30.3 million was achieved on February 18th, and a low of 14,488 on February 19th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Guinness Nigeria on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Profile of Guinness Nigeria Plc

Guinness Nigeria Plc was founded on April 29, 1950 and operates in the Consumer Goods sector, specifically, the Beverages industry. Guinness Nigeria contracts an estimated total number of 822 employees.

GUINNESS Industrial Market Competitors

Guinness Nigeria Plc, issuers of the GUINNESS stock on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Consumer Goods sector and/or Beverages industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top 10 by year-to-date performance.

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