SGX Market Updates
5 Largest, Best-Performing SGX Industrials Stocks Returned 34% in YTD
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13 December 2019
13 December 2019
The Industrials Sector was the top net buy sector on SGX in Nov 2019, garnering net institutional inflows of S$112.4 million. This reversed net outflows of S$25.7 million and S$17.8 million in Oct and Sept respectively.
The 10 largest Industrials stocks on SGX have a combined market cap of more than S$55 billion, and are involved in the following segments: industrial conglomerates, construction & engineering, air freight & logistics, transportation, aerospace & defence, human resource & employment services, as well as diversified support services.
Among the 10, the 5 best performers in the 2019 YTD were: CITIC Envirotech (+44.9%), SBS Transit (+41.9%), Vicom Ltd (+35.7%), SIA Engineering (+28.4%) and ST Engineering (+19.4%). These five have averaged a YTD total return of 34.1%.
SGX lists more than 200 stocks in the Industrials Sector, which was the top net buy sector in November 2019, garnering net institutional inflows of S$112.4 million. This reversed net outflows of S$25.7 million and S$17.8 million in October and September respectively.
Source: SGX data
The 10 largest Industrials stocks by market capitalisation on SGX are involved in the following business segments: industrial conglomerates, construction & engineering, air freight & logistics, transportation, aerospace & defence, human resource & employment services, as well as diversified support services. These 10 stocks have a combined market cap of nearly S$55 billion.
Among them, the five best performers in the 2019 year-to-date were: CITIC Envirotech (+44.9%), SBS Transit (+41.9%), Vicom Ltd (+35.7%), SIA Engineering (+28.4%) and ST Engineering (+19.4%). They have averaged a YTD total return of 34.1%, which brings their three-year average total return to 34.9%.
The table below details the 10 largest, best-performing Industrials plays on SGX, sorted by YTD total returns.
| Name |
SGX
Code |
Market
Cap
(S$) |
Total
Return
YTD
% |
Total
Return
3 Yr
% |
| CITIC ENVIROTECH |
CEE |
1,314,004,352 |
44.9 |
-10.1 |
| SBS TRANSIT |
S61 |
1,153,566,592 |
41.9 |
97.8 |
| VICOM LTD |
V01 |
674,565,632 |
35.7 |
59.7 |
| SIA ENGINEERING |
S59 |
3,136,878,080 |
28.4 |
-6.9 |
| ST ENGINEERING |
S63 |
12,500,008,960 |
19.4 |
34.0 |
| COMFORTDELGRO CORP |
C52 |
5,262,793,728 |
17.8 |
6.4 |
| KEPPEL CORP |
BN4 |
12,169,742,336 |
17.3 |
25.2 |
| SATS LTD |
S58 |
5,535,035,392 |
10.4 |
16.5 |
| SINGAPORE POST |
S08 |
2,070,035,840 |
4.2 |
-31.8 |
| SINGAPORE AIRLINES |
C6L |
10,701,708,288 |
-1.0 |
1.3 |
| Average |
|
|
21.9 |
19.2 |
Source: Bloomberg & StockFacts (data as of 11 Dec 2019)
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