South African companies with the most employees

Below are South African companies that have the largest workforce. Sorted by the number of employees, they can be growing or holding a stable position in the market, so analyze them to find a reliable investment.

Symbol	Employees FY	Price	Change %	Volume	Rel Volume	Market cap	P/E	EPS dil TTM	EPS dil growth TTM YoY	Div yield % TTM	Sector	Analyst Rating
SHP^{SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LTD}	160.22 K	28,063 ZAC	−0.77%	786.77 K	0.77	155.03 B ZAR	23.10	12.15 ZAR	—	2.58%	Retail trade	Buy
BVT^{BIDVEST LTD}	131.33 K	23,430 ZAC	−1.71%	1.1 M	1.53	81.02 B ZAR	12.17	19.25 ZAR	+7.33%	3.85%	Retail trade	Strong buy
PIK^{PICK N PAY STORES LTD}	90 K	2,732 ZAC	+4.51%	3.84 M	4.93	27.75 B ZAR	—	−6.02 ZAR	−2,490.87%	0.00%	Retail trade	Neutral
IMP^{IMPALA PLATINUM HLGS LTD}	75.8 K	13,599 ZAC	−0.01%	8.33 M	2.08	122.55 B ZAR	—	−18.96 ZAR	−117.79%	0.00%	Non-energy minerals	Neutral
SSW^{SIBANYE STILLWATER LTD}	72.42 K	2,692 ZAC	+3.94%	22.4 M	1.07	73.28 B ZAR	—	−2.63 ZAR	+80.32%	0.00%	Non-energy minerals	Neutral
SBK^{STANDARD BANK GROUP LTD}	50.32 K	22,593 ZAC	−0.90%	1.64 M	0.60	368.18 B ZAR	8.63	26.18 ZAR	−0.65%	6.61%	Finance	Buy
FSR^{FIRSTRAND LTD}	49.25 K	7,271 ZAC	−0.63%	5.93 M	0.56	410.18 B ZAR	10.24	7.10 ZAR	+5.00%	5.93%	Finance	Buy
TFG^{THE FOSCHINI GROUP LIMITED}	47.52 K	12,943 ZAC	−0.58%	1.19 M	0.90	42.11 B ZAR	14.21	9.11 ZAR	+6.36%	2.77%	Retail trade	Buy
ABG^{ABSA GROUP LIMITED}	36.78 K	16,684 ZAC	−0.78%	1.83 M	0.59	139.42 B ZAR	6.43	25.95 ZAR	+8.43%	8.68%	Finance	Strong buy
OUT^{OUTSURANCE GROUP LIMITED}	35 K	7,482 ZAC	+0.69%	2.42 M	1.25	114.69 B ZAR	27.74	2.70 ZAR	+22.89%	2.72%	Finance	Neutral
HAR^{HARMONY GM CO LTD}	34.72 K	27,567 ZAC	+0.11%	984.18 K	0.44	173.16 B ZAR	16.53	16.68 ZAR	+16.32%	1.17%	Non-energy minerals	Neutral
BOX^{BOXER RETAIL LIMITED}	31.91 K	6,419 ZAC	+1.09%	506.6 K	0.38	29.05 B ZAR	21.43	3.00 ZAR	+3.19%	0.00%	Consumer services	Neutral
BID^{BID CORPORATION LTD}	29.11 K	46,445 ZAC	−1.40%	856.72 K	1.12	158.05 B ZAR	19.68	23.60 ZAR	+6.05%	2.39%	Consumer services	Neutral
NED^{NEDBANK GROUP LTD}	28.7 K	25,181 ZAC	−1.33%	1.08 M	0.72	118.5 B ZAR	7.16	35.17 ZAR	+12.42%	8.13%	Finance	Strong buy
SOL^{SASOL LIMITED}	28.14 K	8,181 ZAC	−1.61%	5.89 M	1.13	52.95 B ZAR	—	−75.96 ZAR	−1,765.21%	0.00%	Process industries	Buy
NPN^{NASPERS LTD -N-}	25.56 K	525,002 ZAC	−0.03%	298.54 K	0.72	854.45 B ZAR	15.50	338.74 ZAR	−8.86%	0.23%	Technology services	Strong buy
SLM^{SANLAM LIMITED}	23.93 K	8,562 ZAC	−0.47%	2.51 M	0.76	169.9 B ZAR	8.13	10.54 ZAR	+52.06%	5.17%	Finance	Neutral
ARI^{AFRICAN RAINBOW MIN LTD}	23 K	16,957 ZAC	+1.18%	493.87 K	1.08	32.31 B ZAR	10.01	16.93 ZAR	−32.18%	8.06%	Non-energy minerals	Buy
NPH^{NORTHAM PLATINUM HLDGS LTD}	21.54 K	15,876 ZAC	+2.88%	4.85 M	2.48	60.74 B ZAR	41.29	3.84 ZAR	—	0.55%	Non-energy minerals	Buy
SPG^{SUPER GROUP LTD}	21.07 K	2,984 ZAC	+0.40%	488.08 K	0.60	10.11 B ZAR	—	−0.26 ZAR	−106.13%	2.02%	Transportation	Neutral
EXX^{EXXARO RESOURCES LTD}	20.73 K	14,049 ZAC	−0.97%	734.11 K	0.98	34.26 B ZAR	4.40	31.95 ZAR	−31.59%	12.73%	Energy minerals	Strong buy
DCP^{DIS-CHEM PHARMACIES LTD}	20.56 K	3,206 ZAC	−0.34%	203.48 K	0.38	27.68 B ZAR	25.92	1.24 ZAR	+18.26%	1.54%	Retail trade	Buy
MTH^{MOTUS HOLDINGS LTD}	20 K	8,849 ZAC	+0.03%	302.15 K	0.81	15.27 B ZAR	6.31	14.02 ZAR	−17.15%	5.93%	Distribution services	Buy
CLS^{CLICKS GROUP LTD}	19.62 K	37,838 ZAC	−0.39%	263.71 K	0.45	90.03 B ZAR	30.02	12.60 ZAR	+14.25%	2.04%	Retail trade	Neutral
NTC^{NETCARE LIMITED}	18 K	1,452 ZAC	+1.26%	5.58 M	3.12	18.13 B ZAR	12.18	1.19 ZAR	+23.47%	4.87%	Health services	Buy
CPI^{CAPITEC BANK HLDGS LTD}	16.93 K	342,799 ZAC	−0.90%	382.03 K	1.71	401.61 B ZAR	28.87	118.72 ZAR	+30.04%	1.57%	Finance	Buy
MTM^{MOMENTUM GROUP LIMITED}	15.82 K	3,423 ZAC	−0.49%	2.65 M	0.71	44.63 B ZAR	9.46	3.62 ZAR	+21.74%	4.36%	Finance	Neutral
KIO^{KUMBA IRON ORE LTD}	14.77 K	30,398 ZAC	−1.39%	352.16 K	1.03	98.87 B ZAR	6.65	45.70 ZAR	−35.31%	12.54%	Non-energy minerals	Neutral
ARL^{ASTRAL FOODS LTD}	13.92 K	18,752 ZAC	−0.25%	50.93 K	0.44	7.25 B ZAR	12.47	15.03 ZAR	—	2.77%	Process industries	—
DSY^{DISCOVERY LTD}	13 K	20,908 ZAC	−0.21%	1.05 M	0.76	140.52 B ZAR	17.08	12.24 ZAR	+44.57%	1.14%	Finance	Buy
CHP^{CHOPPIES ENTERPRISES LTD}	11.39 K	97 ZAC	+3.19%	171.38 K	9.20	1.3 B ZAR	10.52	0.09 ZAR	—	5.45%	Retail trade	—
DTC^{DATATEC LTD}	11.27 K	6,235 ZAC	−0.03%	242.44 K	0.39	14.68 B ZAR	13.58	4.59 ZAR	−29.50%	3.29%	Technology services	—
SAP^{SAPPI LTD}	11.23 K	3,353 ZAC	+1.24%	3.18 M	0.89	19.94 B ZAR	6.23	5.38 ZAR	—	7.45%	Process industries	Buy
TBS^{TIGER BRANDS LTD}	9.72 K	31,287 ZAC	−0.89%	390.5 K	0.69	47.76 B ZAR	16.33	19.16 ZAR	+12.70%	3.28%	Consumer non-durables	Neutral
APN^{ASPEN PHARMACARE HLDGS LTD}	9.35 K	11,949 ZAC	−0.76%	1.07 M	0.66	53.5 B ZAR	11.85	10.08 ZAR	−7.99%	2.98%	Health technology	Sell
TRU^{TRUWORTHS INT LTD}	9.15 K	7,012 ZAC	−1.46%	2.03 M	0.95	26.07 B ZAR	7.03	9.98 ZAR	+11.19%	7.23%	Retail trade	Buy
AVI^{AVI LTD}	8.94 K	9,244 ZAC	+0.09%	780.38 K	0.91	30.82 B ZAR	13.03	7.09 ZAR	+16.63%	6.58%	Consumer non-durables	Buy
TSG^{TSOGO SUN LIMITED}	8.63 K	812 ZAC	+0.87%	168.47 K	0.70	8.35 B ZAR	6.20	1.31 ZAR	−30.51%	8.71%	Consumer services	Neutral
INL^{INVESTEC LTD}	7.55 K	12,151 ZAC	+3.76%	1.06 M	1.19	209.12 B ZAR	7.14	17.03 ZAR	−28.86%	7.03%	Finance	Sell
COH^{CURRO HOLDINGS LIMITED}	6.94 K	949 ZAC	−0.42%	337.86 K	0.53	5.42 B ZAR	51.63	0.18 ZAR	+184.08%	1.74%	Consumer services	—
AFE^{AECI LIMITED}	6.94 K	10,201 ZAC	−0.04%	133.53 K	1.26	9.73 B ZAR	—	−2.72 ZAR	−124.90%	2.15%	Process industries	—
KAL^{KAL GROUP LIMITED}	6.79 K	3,900 ZAC	−0.96%	13.72 K	0.29	2.77 B ZAR	7.12	5.47 ZAR	−13.17%	4.57%	Commercial services	—
GFI^{GOLD FIELDS LTD}	6.56 K	39,650 ZAC	+0.10%	1.07 M	0.46	354.52 B ZAR	15.81	25.07 ZAR	+76.31%	2.52%	Non-energy minerals	Buy
BAW^{BARLOWORLD LTD}	6.23 K	10,699 ZAC	−0.28%	131.5 K	1.08	20.05 B ZAR	10.58	10.11 ZAR	−14.75%	4.85%	Distribution services	Neutral
ACL^{ARCELORMITTAL SA LIMITED}	6 K	106 ZAC	−8.62%	691.02 K	1.37	1.28 B ZAR	—	−5.24 ZAR	−48.96%	0.00%	Non-energy minerals	—
SSK^{STEFANUTTI STCK HLDGS LTD}	5.41 K	452 ZAC	+10.51%	454.7 K	1.98	685.7 M ZAR	36.57	0.12 ZAR	+524.24%	0.00%	Industrial services	—
MTA^{METAIR INVESTMENTS LTD}	5.26 K	848 ZAC	−0.47%	27.99 K	0.16	1.64 B ZAR	—	−1.10 ZAR	−325.84%	0.00%	Producer manufacturing	—
AEL^{ALTRON LIMITED A}	4.6 K	2,332 ZAC	+1.26%	30.98 K	0.23	8.75 B ZAR	21.18	1.10 ZAR	—	3.17%	Technology services	—
CAT^{CAXTON CTP PUBLISH PRINT}	4.32 K	1,175 ZAC	+0.43%	325.09 K	4.89	4.18 B ZAR	5.76	2.04 ZAR	+18.53%	5.11%	Consumer services	—
BRN^{BRIMSTONE INV CORP LTD-N}	4 K	410 ZAC	0.00%	32.47 K	1.61	1.02 B ZAR	—	−0.83 ZAR	−173.69%	9.76%	Process industries	—
HDC^{HUDACO INDUSTRIES LTD}	3.74 K	19,499 ZAC	−0.25%	3.1 K	0.42	5.48 B ZAR	11.03	17.68 ZAR	−15.61%	5.24%	Distribution services	Buy
OMN^{OMNIA HOLDINGS LTD}	3.7 K	7,219 ZAC	+1.11%	96.35 K	0.45	11.35 B ZAR	10.12	7.13 ZAR	+7.17%	5.25%	Process industries	Strong buy
CLI^{CLIENTELE LTD}	3.33 K	1,126 ZAC	−2.09%	4.02 K	0.27	5.21 B ZAR	5.51	2.04 ZAR	+74.80%	10.87%	Miscellaneous	—
DRD^{DRD GOLD LTD}	2.96 K	2,700 ZAC	−0.70%	386.88 K	0.40	23.23 B ZAR	13.67	1.98 ZAR	+28.24%	1.84%	Non-energy minerals	Neutral
DNB^{DENEB INVESTMENTS LTD}	2.68 K	187 ZAC	−5.08%	8.3 K	1.83	826.31 M ZAR	8.82	0.21 ZAR	−7.35%	5.35%	Distribution services	—
CMH^{COMBINED MOTOR HLDGS LTD}	2.67 K	3,302 ZAC	−0.78%	5.66 K	0.16	2.49 B ZAR	8.33	3.97 ZAR	−26.00%	9.68%	Retail trade	—
IOC^{IOCO LIMITED}	2.55 K	330 ZAC	−0.30%	114.88 K	0.47	2.1 B ZAR	14.10	0.23 ZAR	—	0.00%	Technology services	—
ITE^{ITALTILE LTD}	2.3 K	1,024 ZAC	+4.81%	13.87 K	0.23	11.87 B ZAR	8.17	1.25 ZAR	+3.95%	5.12%	Retail trade	Buy
FGL^{FINBOND GROUP LTD}	2.21 K	80 ZAC	+2.56%	250	0.00	412.58 M ZAR	40.82	0.02 ZAR	—	11.96%	Finance	—
ZZD^{ZEDA LIMITED}	2 K	1,144 ZAC	+3.34%	25.66 K	0.48	2.07 B ZAR	3.57	3.20 ZAR	−17.30%	9.03%	Finance	Buy
QFH^{QUANTUM FOODS HLDGS LTD}	1.65 K	841 ZAC	+0.96%	45	0.01	1.67 B ZAR	10.67	0.79 ZAR	—	0.00%	Process industries	—
TPC^{TRANSPACO LTD}	1.43 K	3,426 ZAC	+0.76%	260	0.16	946.82 M ZAR	6.98	4.91 ZAR	−10.88%	6.91%	Process industries	—
MFL^{METROFILE HOLDINGS LTD}	1.32 K	250 ZAC	−1.19%	119.69 K	4.81	1.05 B ZAR	—	−0.02 ZAR	−105.96%	4.35%	Technology services	—
MST^{MUSTEK LTD}	1.23 K	1,380 ZAC	+2.30%	15 K	2.08	776.79 M ZAR	—	−0.34 ZAR	−113.79%	0.56%	Electronic technology	—
NY1^{NINETY ONE LIMITED}	1.19 K	3,678 ZAC	−0.76%	410.03 K	0.98	66.34 B ZAR	9.06	4.06 ZAR	+3.59%	7.45%	Finance	Sell
SDO^{STADIO HOLDINGS LIMITED}	1.02 K	800 ZAC	+3.90%	140.42 K	0.64	6.56 B ZAR	26.21	0.31 ZAR	+26.43%	1.96%	Commercial services	—
BCF^{BOWLER METCALF LTD}	1 K	1,253 ZAC	+0.16%	2.75 K	0.51	852.71 M ZAR	7.42	1.69 ZAR	+36.18%	5.01%	Producer manufacturing	—
EMH^{E MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD}	847	275 ZAC	−5.17%	1	0.00	1.21 B ZAR	5.14	0.53 ZAR	−2.55%	10.34%	Commercial services	—
NRP^{NEPI ROCKCASTLE N.V.}	650	13,598 ZAC	−1.63%	2.2 M	1.26	98.48 B ZAR	7.83	17.37 ZAR	+15.92%	7.75%	Finance	Buy
SOH^{SOUTH OCEAN HOLDINGS LTD}	577	146 ZAC	−5.81%	605	0.02	315.08 M ZAR	8.76	0.17 ZAR	−61.77%	3.55%	Producer manufacturing	—
ISB^{INSIMBI IND HLDGS LTD}	502	70 ZAC	+7.69%	189.68 K	1.93	219.1 M ZAR	—	−0.06 ZAR	−124.68%	0.00%	Non-energy minerals	—
TMT^{TREMATON CAPITAL INV LTD}	493	161 ZAC	−1.23%	1.19 K	0.05	357.06 M ZAR	—	−0.20 ZAR	−157.83%	14.11%	Finance	—
4SI^{4SIGHT HOLDINGS LTD}	452	71 ZAC	0.00%	314.5 K	1.30	384.62 M ZAR	10.47	0.07 ZAR	+37.80%	3.57%	Commercial services	—
ENX^{ENX GROUP LIMITED}	399	451 ZAC	−1.74%	523	0.00	832.47 M ZAR	—	−0.11 ZAR	−106.05%	0.00%	Distribution services	—
VUN^{VUNANI LTD}	386	185 ZAC	+8.82%	3.75 K	0.02	297.63 M ZAR	—	−0.02 ZAR	−107.77%	9.73%	Finance	—
ACS^{ACSION LIMITED}	373	583 ZAC	+1.39%	24.02 K	18.02	2.21 B ZAR	2.58	2.26 ZAR	−29.61%	5.91%	Finance	—
NWL^{NU-WORLD HLDGS LTD}	298	2,501 ZAC	+0.04%	7.9 K	0.21	516.52 M ZAR	6.56	3.81 ZAR	+18.55%	5.43%	Distribution services	—
SNV^{SANTOVA LIMITED}	252	738 ZAC	+2.50%	37.94 K	0.17	903.59 M ZAR	7.45	0.99 ZAR	−26.04%	0.00%	Transportation	—
AME^{AFRICAN MEDIA ENT LTD}	233	4,049 ZAC	+5.17%	325	0.23	280.58 M ZAR	—	—	—	11.61%	Consumer services	—
FFB^{FORTRESS REAL EST INV B}	68	1,934 ZAC	−0.46%	709.55 K	0.75	20.97 B ZAR	8.37	2.31 ZAR	−19.63%	7.52%	Finance	Neutral
LAB^{LABAT AFRICA LTD}	43	5 ZAC	0.00%	675 K	0.62	55.77 M ZAR	—	−0.04 ZAR	+73.03%	0.00%	Commercial services	—
NCS^{NICTUS LTD}	42	194 ZAC	−0.51%	57	0.03	103.68 M ZAR	4.93	0.39 ZAR	+62.39%	3.09%	Distribution services	—
ISA^{ISA HOLDINGS LIMITED}	36	185 ZAC	−0.54%	445	0.02	288.59 M ZAR	8.49	0.22 ZAR	+26.04%	10.22%	Technology services	—
PPR^{PUTPROP LTD}	7	300 ZAC	−0.33%	4.29 K	0.54	127.22 M ZAR	3.83	0.78 ZAR	+161.67%	5.17%	Finance	—
YYLBEE^{YEBOYETHU (RF) LTD}	—	2,700 ZAC	0.00%	4.22 K	1.84	1.43 B ZAR	5.29	5.10 ZAR	—	7.11%	Finance	—
TGA^{THUNGELA RESOURCES LTD}	—	8,808 ZAC	−1.06%	133.36 K	0.29	12.5 B ZAR	3.33	26.42 ZAR	−28.44%	14.61%	Utilities	Buy
ADW^{AFRICAN DAWN CAPITAL LTD}	—	10 ZAC	0.00%	2.81 K	0.57	7.35 M ZAR	—	−0.21 ZAR	+15.24%	0.00%	Finance	—
GML^{GEMFIELDS GROUP LIMITED}	—	99 ZAC	+1.02%	639.15 K	2.04	1.13 B ZAR	—	−1.26 ZAR	−683.37%	16.23%	Non-energy minerals	Strong buy
MSP^{MAS P.L.C}	—	1,808 ZAC	−0.44%	604.04 K	0.36	12.9 B ZAR	4.66	3.88 ZAR	+40.84%	0.00%	Finance	Buy
CLH^{CITY LODGE HOTELS LTD}	—	414 ZAC	+1.72%	62.75 K	0.34	2.25 B ZAR	11.46	0.36 ZAR	+19.33%	3.70%	Consumer services	—
NPK^{NAMPAK LTD}	—	43,127 ZAC	−0.63%	991	0.09	3.43 B ZAR	61.65	7.00 ZAR	—	0.00%	Process industries	—
PPC^{PPC LIMITED}	—	456 ZAC	−1.08%	983.81 K	0.58	7.09 B ZAR	66.38	0.07 ZAR	—	2.97%	Non-energy minerals	—
RMH^{RMB HOLDINGS LTD}	—	40 ZAC	0.00%	192.92 K	0.16	571.1 M ZAR	—	—	—	0.00%	Finance	—
SSU^{SOUTHERN SUN LTD}	—	891 ZAC	+0.11%	545.04 K	1.23	11.98 B ZAR	11.67	0.76 ZAR	+21.16%	1.40%	Consumer services	Buy
VOD^{VODACOM GROUP LTD}	—	13,678 ZAC	−0.55%	1.28 M	0.71	266.02 B ZAR	16.71	8.19 ZAR	−0.99%	4.14%	Communications	Neutral
MTU^{MANTENGU MINING LIMITED}	—	55 ZAC	0.00%	360.23 K	0.20	154.57 M ZAR	4.27	0.13 ZAR	—	0.00%	Finance	—
RBO^{RAINBOW CHICKEN LIMITED}	—	385 ZAC	+1.32%	19.79 K	0.08	3.4 B ZAR	7.20	0.53 ZAR	—	0.00%	Process industries	—
CPR^{COPPER 360 LIMITED}	—	185 ZAC	−7.50%	368.11 K	3.09	1.4 B ZAR	—	−0.21 ZAR	—	0.00%	Non-energy minerals	—
BIK^{BRIKOR LTD}	—	14 ZAC	0.00%	13.28 K	0.71	115.13 M ZAR	—	−0.01 ZAR	−133.53%	0.00%	Non-energy minerals	—
MHB^{MAHUBE INFRASTRUCTURE LTD}	—	325 ZAC	−15.58%	938	0.07	212.33 M ZAR	2.81	1.16 ZAR	—	10.39%	Finance	—

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South African companies with the most employees