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Portfolio of 30 South African Stocks Offers Dividends

Many large South African companies that compose the FTSE/JSE RAFI 40, an index of South African stocks that are traded on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), are presented in the following table.

Most of these stocks pay steady dividends and seven stocks trade on U.S. exchanges (denoted with an * on their quotes).

30 South African Stocks
Company
Quote
Businesses and Products
Pays Dividends
ABSA Group Banking and financial services.
Yes
Arcelormittal South Africa Steel, coke and chemicals.
Yes
AngloGold Ashanti Gold mining.
Yes
Anglo Platinum Platinum group metals (PGMs).
Yes
Bidvest Group Conglomerate - makes and/or distributes food, paper, electrical, furniture and more.
Yes
Discovery Health and life insurance.
Yes
DRDGold Gold mining.
No
Exxaro Resources Mining - coal, mineral sands, base metals and industrial minerals.
No
FirstRand Banking and financial services.
Yes
Gold Fields

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GFI*

Gold mining.
Yes
Harmony Gold Mining

HARJ.J HMY

Gold and silver mining.
No
Highveld Steel and Vanadium Produces steel, vanadium products, ferro-alloys and carbonaceous products.
Yes
Impala Platinum Holdings Platinum group metals (PGMs), including platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and gold.
Yes
Investec Banking and financial services.
Yes
Liberty Group Individual and group insurance and asset management.
Yes
Massmart Holdings Retailer - general merchandise and warehouse club discounter, home improvement retailer, building materials supplier and food wholesaler.
Yes
MTN Group Telecommunications in Africa and the Middle East.
Murray & Roberts Construction and engineering company.
Yes
Nampak Packaging and tissue paper products.
Yes
Naspers Media company providing pay-TV, Internet and IM services, magazines, newspapers and books.
Yes
Nedbank Group Banking and financial services.
Yes
Reunert Electronics and electrical engineering.
Yes
Sanlam Limited Financial services.
Sappi Pulp, paper products and forest products.
Yes
Sasol Chemicals and fuels.
Yes
Shoprite Holdings Large retailer - operates supermarkets and furniture stores.
Yes
Standard Bank Group Banking and financial services.
Yes
Steinhoff International Holdings Supplier of household goods, building supplies, vehicles and automotive components.
Yes
Telkom SA Telecommunications.
Yes
Tiger Brands Food, consumer healthcare, pharmaceuticals and hospital products.
Yes


Related Funds and Stocks

iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund (EZA), an exchange-traded fund (ETF), is heavily weighted with South African basic materials, financial, telecommunications and energy stocks.

SPDR S&P Emerging Middle East & Africa ETF (GAF), an exchange-traded fund, is heavily weighted with financial and materials stocks from South Africa and Israel with a few holdings from Egypt, Morocco and Jordan

See Bank of New York Mellon DR Directory for a listing of South African stocks that are available on U.S. stock exchanges.

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Updated December 22, 2007.



 

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