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About the Stock Exchange Handbook Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2025 – Issue 2

Our research team has close working relation- Liquidity: The three figures shown are (i) the
ships with most listed companies, and all average number of shares traded per week, (ii) the
companies receive regular proofs from our average value of shares traded per week, and (iii)
database. Changes or omissions brought to our the percentage of issued shares traded over the last
attention by listed companies are corrected year. (ii) is based on the latest share price available
immediately. We would like to thank listed before going to print. (iii) is annualised where full
companies for their ongoing co-operation, and for year data is not available.
checking and returning proofs. Market Cap: Market Capitalisation (calculated as
total number of outstanding shares multiplied by
Definitions: Quick Notes share price)
This section provides definitions for common NAV: Net Asset Value
abbreviations used in the Stock Exchange Handbook. (P): Pro-forma financials
For complete definitions of all line data items in P/E: Ratio of Price to Earnings (12-month rolling
the Stock Exchange Handbook, please visit HEPS-C)
www.sharedata.co.za/v2/Scripts/Directory/ PEG: Price/Earnings Growth ratio
Sharepaedia/QuickRef.aspx.
(rst): Restated result
Definitions in alphabetical order Scr/100: The number of shares a shareholder can
Beta: Volatility in relation to the FTSE/JSE All elect to receive per one hundred ordinary share
Share index held instead of a cash dividend.
Calendar: Unconfirmed, ProfileData estimate; Tr 5yr av grwth %: Trailing five year average
Estimate, provisional date provided by company; growth (ie, average of five years to that point)
Confirmed, firm date provided by company TRI: Total Return Index (ie, price performance
cps: cents per share includingreinvestmentofdividends/distributions)
D:E: Debt:Equity Ratio Volatility: Standard deviation of month-on-month
percentage price change over 36 months
Directors: ne: non-executive; alt:alternatedirector;
ind ne: independent non-executive director ZAR: South African rands
DPLU: Gross Distribution per Linked Unit –used ZARc: South African cents
for loan stockcompanies wheresharesarelinked to Note: All financial statements are presented in
a debt instrument (ie, the distribution is part accordance with International Financial Reporting
dividend, part interest. See DPS) Standards (IFRS) unless otherwise stated.
DPS: Gross Dividends per Share (or Distributions
per Share in some cases)
EPLU: Earnings per Linked Unit – used for loan
stock companies where shares are linked to a debt
instrument (see EPS)
EPS:EarningsperShare–Earnings(profits)pershare
HEPLU-C: Headline Earnings per Linked Unit
from continued operations – used for loan stock
companies where shares are linked to a debt
instrument (see HEPS-C)
HEPS-C: Headline Earnings per Share from
continuedoperations–Earnings(profits)pershare
excluding the effects of exceptional items and
discontinued operations.
Hline Erngs-CO: Headline earnings from continuing
operations.
Ldt: Last day to trade (to qualify for dividends or
other corporate action)
Ldr: Last day to register (to qualify for dividends or
other corporate action)

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