NASCON - National Salt Company
Processing of Raw Salt into Edible Salt and importation of Tomato Paste
National Salt Company is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX) since October 20th, 1992. National Salt is traded on the NGX under the ticker symbol “NASCON”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NGX:NASCON is NGNASCON0005. National Salt Company is currently the 36th most valuable stock on the NGX with a market capitalization of NGN 202 billion, which is about 0.248% of the Nigerian Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
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| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 74.90 |
| Day’s High Price | 74.90 |
| Traded Volume | 3.01M |
| Number of Deals | 163 |
| Gross Turnover | 221M |
| Growth & Valuation | |
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| Shares Outstanding | 2.7B |
| Market Capitalization | 202B |
NASCON Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
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| -0.13% | +23.9% | +70.4% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
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| +137% | +119% | +139% |
The current share price of National Salt Company (NASCON) is NGN 74.90. NASCON closed its last trading day (Wednesday, July 16, 2025) at 74.90 NGN per share on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX), recording a 0.1% drop from its previous closing price of 75.00 NGN. National Salt began the year with a share price of 31.35 NGN and has since gained 139% on that price valuation, ranking it 28th on the NGX in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders can be optimistic about NASCON knowing the stock has accrued 24% over the past four-week period alone—68th best on NGX.
National Salt Company is the 61st most traded stock on the Nigerian Stock Exchange over the past three months (Apr 10 - Jul 16, 2025). NASCON has traded a total volume of 146 million shares—in 8,966 deals—valued at NGN 8.71 billion over the period, with an average of 2.32 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 12.3 million was achieved on July 10th, and a low of 158,020 on April 15th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of National Salt on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
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| 2025-07-16 | 3,013,744 | 74.90 | -0.10 | -0.13% |
| 2025-07-14 | 1,024,925 | 75.00 | ||
| 2025-07-11 | 1,674,430 | 75.00 | ||
| 2025-07-10 | 12,327,657 | 75.00 | ||
| 2025-07-09 | 623,048 | 75.00 | ||
| 2025-07-08 | 2,283,764 | 75.00 | +1.00 | +1.35% |
| 2025-07-07 | 523,174 | 74.00 | ||
| 2025-07-04 | 376,279 | 74.00 | ||
| 2025-07-03 | 1,471,014 | 74.00 | +1.00 | +1.37% |
| 2025-07-02 | 2,189,502 | 73.00 |
Profile of National Salt Company
National Salt Company operates in the Consumer Goods sector.
Factsheet of National Salt Company
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- Consumer Goods
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NASCON Industrial Market Competitors
National Salt Company, issuers of the NASCON stock on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Consumer Goods sector. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HONYFLOUR | Honeywell Flour Mill | 219B | 27.60 | +338% |
| FTNCOCOA | FTN Cocoa Processors | 27.4B | 7.02 | +286% |
| VITAFOAM | Vitafoam Nigeria | 100B | 80.00 | +248% |
| ELLAHLAKES | Ellah Lakes Plc | 39.5B | 10.25 | +224% |
| CHAMPION | Champion Breweries | 110B | 12.29 | +223% |
| CADBURY | Cadbury Nigeria | 136B | 59.65 | +177% |
| PRESCO | Presco Plc | 1.23T | 1,233.00 | +160% |
| MCNICHOLS | McNichols Plc | 4.34B | 3.89 | +142% |
| INTBREW | International Breweries | 2.25T | 13.35 | +141% |
| NNFM | Northern Nigeria Flour Mills | 18.4B | 103.50 | +136% |
