ZIMP - Zimbabwe Newspapers Limited
Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd is the oldest newspaper publisher and commercial printer in Zimbabwe. The company is the proprietor of The Herald, The Chronicle and the H-Metro and owns two Sunday newspapers operating in tandem with the dailies, The Sunday Mail and The Sunday News, and a weekly, The Manica Post. The company has two papers in main indigenous languages, Kwayedza, a Shona weekly in Harare, and Umthunywa, a Ndebele weekly in Bulawayo.
Zimbabwe Newspapers Limited is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). Zimbabwe Newspapers is traded on the ZSE under the ticker symbol “ZIMP”. Zimbabwe Newspapers Limited is currently the 46th most valuable stock on the ZSE with a market capitalization of ZWL 2.81 billion, which is about 0.099% of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange equity market.
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| Gross Turnover | 0.00 |
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| Shares Outstanding | 562M |
| Market Capitalization | 2.81B |
ZIMP Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
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| -9.09% | -9.09% | +50.6% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
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| +71.8% | +61.5% | +71.8% |
The current share price of Zimbabwe Newspapers Limited (ZIMP) is ZWL 5.00. ZIMP closed its last trading day (Wednesday, June 29, 2022) at 5.00 ZWL per share on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), recording a 9.1% drop from its previous closing price of 5.50 ZWL. Zimbabwe Newspapers began the year with a share price of 2.91 ZWL and has since gained 71.8% on that price valuation, ranking it 22nd on the ZSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Investors should, however, take caution of ZIMP’s recent bad performance, having lost 9% of its value in the past four weeks.
Zimbabwe Newspapers is the 20th most traded stock on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange over the past three months (Mar 31 - Jul 1, 2022). ZIMP has traded a total volume of 4.06 million shares valued at ZWL 20.4 million over the period, with an average of 64,437 traded shares per session. A volume high of 955,200 was achieved on April 29th for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Zimbabwe Newspapers on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
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| 2022-06-29 | 45,500 | 5.00 | -0.50 | -9.09% |
| 2022-06-24 | 91,000 | 5.50 | +0.50 | +10.00% |
| 2022-06-22 | 800 | 5.00 | -0.75 | -13.04% |
| 2022-06-21 | 20,200 | 5.75 | ||
| 2022-06-20 | 104,600 | 5.75 | +0.75 | +15.00% |
| 2022-06-16 | 1,000 | 5.00 | ||
| 2022-06-14 | 100 | 5.00 | -0.50 | -9.09% |
| 2022-06-10 | 94,400 | 5.50 | ||
| 2022-06-09 | 55,100 | 5.50 | -0.0021 | -0.04% |
| 2022-06-07 | 85,900 | 5.5021 |
Profile of Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited
Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited operates in the Consumer Services sector.
Factsheet of Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited
- Sector
- Consumer Services
- Industry
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- Address
- Box 55, Harare
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- Website
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ZIMP Industrial Market Competitors
Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited, issuers of the ZIMP stock on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, have seven market competitors who are also engaged in the Consumer Services sector. The table below presents an overview of their market standing.
| Code | Name | M. Cap. | Close | YTD |
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| ASUN | African Sun Limited | 10.4B | 12.50 | +94.6% |
| RTG | Rainbow Tourism Group Limited | 26.3B | 10.50 | +34.6% |
| OKZ | OK Zimbabwe Limited | 45.8B | 36.6955 | +33.7% |
| EDGR | Edgars Stores Limited | 3.07B | 5.1527 | +18.5% |
| UNIF | Unifreight Africa Limited | 3.57B | 33.00 | +10.1% |
| MEIK | Meikles Limited | 34.3B | 132.8750 | +6.21% |
| TRUW | Truworths Limited | 718M | 1.87 | -6.5% |