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    Consumer Defensive

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    Grocery Stores
Choppies Enterprises Limited

Choppies Enterprises Limited

CHP.JO
Choppies Enterprises LimitedZA flagJohannesburg Stock Exchange
139.00
ZAc
-1.00
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2.51BMarket Cap
Choppies Enterprises Limited
CHP.JO
(Johannesburg Stock Exchange)

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139.00

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2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
FRC
3.04
2.99
3.43
4.27
4.6
5.71
6.74
8.28
4.11
4.16
4.09
4.5
4.78
4.35
4.99
Revenue per Share
0.15
0.12
0.13
0.14
0.16
0.08
-0.12
-0.32
-0.3
-0.25
0.05
0.1
0.11
0.08
0.05
Basic EPS, GAAP
-0.17
0.09
0.06
-0.11
-0.2
-0.22
0.05
0.02
0.1
0.09
0.25
0.25
0.22
0.26
0.22
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Dividend per Share
0.46
0.57
0.63
0.73
1.13
0.96
0.83
0.48
0.18
-0.08
-0.03
0.07
0.4
0.38
0.4
Book Value per Share
0.08
0.3
0.37
0.35
0.76
0.72
0.63
0.3
-0.13
-0.41
-0.4
-0.3
0.01
0.01
0.06
Tangible Book Value per Share
800
1,104
1,174
1,174
1,292
1,292
1,292
1,304
1,304
1,304
1,304
1,342
1,345
1,824
1,824
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
2,435
3,302
4,029
5,012
5,945
7,369
8,709
10,791
5,359
5,421
5,331
6,042
6,433
7,940
9,107
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
6.17
5.08
4.97
4.82
4.5
2.02
1.43
0.07
4.42
6.09
5.53
5.91
6.19
4.89
4.48
Operating Margin (%)
56
56
73
122
116
148
202
208
114
254
259
241
193
263
288
Depreciation Expense
122
129
153
168
203
110
-160
-418
-394
-330
69
140
147
138
97
Net Income, GAAP
27.12
17.77
22.92
22.78
18.91
17.66
- -
- -
76.39
5.79
29.31
19.44
9.09
14.78
30.73
Effective Tax Rate (%)
5
3.92
3.81
3.35
3.41
1.49
-1.83
-3.87
-7.35
-6.09
1.29
2.32
2.29
1.74
1.07
Profit Margin (%)
-84
115
136
19
495
173
238
-168
-494
-777
-414
-416
-389
-556
-833
Working Capital
86
94
81
244
312
458
633
782
724
956
1,188
1,117
876
979
748
LT Debt
364
632
739
869
1,452
1,228
1,034
576
-80
-467
-461
-354
42
136
224
Total Equity
- -
20.99
18.15
17.29
13.66
6.38
- -
- -
4.83
34.37
20.36
26.8
29.55
22.52
18.3
Return on Invested Capital (%)
- -
21.8
19.48
16.16
14.69
7.13
- -
- -
-24.07
-15.57
12.02
15.54
15.47
12.61
8.81
Return on Capital (%)
- -
25.96
22.32
20.96
17.46
8.1
-13.79
-49.16
-91.98
- -
- -
- -
46.08
22.29
13.54
Return on Common Equity (%)

Capital Structure

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Working Capital

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Growth Rates

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10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
44.55%
30.43%
64.71%
Free Cash Flow
36.55%
44.79%
-16.7%
Net Income, GAAP
-20.06%
-9.76%
-29.71%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
7.31%
11.26%
14.7%
Total Cash Common Dividend
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Quarterly Revenue

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Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
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7,940
2025
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- -
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9,107
2026
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- -
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

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in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.08
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
0.05
2026
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Quarterly Dividends Per Share

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Year

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Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
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2025
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2026
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Business
Choppies Enterprises Limited operates as a leading supermarket retailer in Southern Africa, offering a comprehensive range of fast-moving consumer goods through hyper stores, superstores, value stores, On The Go convenience outlets, wholesalers, Liquorama liquor outlets, and Builders Mart hardware stores; its product portfolio includes fresh fruit and vegetables, groceries, bakery items, takeaways, butchery, Choppies Fried Chicken, private label and confined brands such as Lumo body care, Legane pasta, Lefofa eco-friendly toilet paper, and over 380 house brand SKUs encompassing fresh, frozen, canned, dry foods, snacks, ethnic specialties, health and beauty care, household, laundry, and toiletry products, supplemented by value-added financial services via Monyglob including mobile money, airtime, utilities payments, and Payzana e-wallet, as well as non-retail operations through subsidiaries like Peacock Blue for maize milling, RBV and Ilo Industries for tissue and paper manufacturing, Honey Guide for animal feeds, and Real Plastic for bottled water. The company, founded in 1986 and headquartered at Gaborone International Commercial Park in Gaborone, Botswana, maintains a significant presence with 287 stores (174 grocery retail, 85 liquor, 28 hardware), seven distribution centers, and approximately 11,393 employees across Botswana (111 grocery stores, FY2025 revenue BWP5,744 million), Namibia (63 stores, BWP2,338 million), and Zambia (113 Kamoso retail stores plus manufacturing, BWP1,474 million), supported by a fleet of over 650 vehicles and local sourcing from more than 5,600 farmers. Listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange since 2012 (CHOPPIES) and Johannesburg Stock Exchange since 2015 (CHP.JO), Choppies recently divested its Zimbabwe operations in December 2024 to focus on core markets, acquired a 76% stake in Kamoso Africa in 2024 for expanded grain packaging and retail, launched 17 new house brands and 49 confined brands including Legane pasta and Lefofa toilet paper, opened 30 new stores (8 grocery in Botswana, 11 in Namibia/Rest of Africa, 9 in Zambia), introduced its first Cash & Carry wholesaler in Lobatse, commenced a new ERP system rollout for FY2027 completion, expanded solar projects and water recovery systems for sustainability, and saw CEO Ramachandran Ottapathu acquire nearly 19.5 million shares in October 2025 while appointing a new Chief Operating Officer effective October 7, 2025.