Best Consumer Cyclical Stocks in South Africa for 2026
Top-ranked Consumer Cyclical sector stocks by 4-pillar fundamental composite score.
Consumer Cyclical (also called Consumer Discretionary) covers autos, retail, leisure, and apparel. Earnings volatility is the defining feature, which is why we lean on multi-year averages for the Quality pillar (3y/5y operating-margin consistency) instead of trailing-12-month snapshots that flip dramatically through the cycle.
South Africa listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) span mining, banking, and consumer staples with a deep dual-listed bench. IFRS reporting in ZAR; composite scoring captures the dispersion between the rand-hedge mega-caps and the domestic-focused tail.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Consumer Cyclical in South Africa by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NCS.JSE | Nictus | 70.7 |
| 2 | SUR.JSE | Spurcorp | 65.8 |
| 3 | BCF.JSE | Bowler Metcalf Ltd | 64.9 |
| 4 | LEW.JSE | Lewis Group Limited | 64.1 |
| 5 | CMH.JSE | Combined Motor Holdings Limited | 60.0 |
| 6 | TRU.JSE | Truworths International Ltd | 59.0 |
| 7 | TFG.JSE | Foschini Group Ltd | 58.8 |
| 8 | MRP.JSE | Mr Price Group Ltd | 58.3 |
| 9 | NPK.JSE | Nampak | 57.2 |
| 10 | SUI.JSE | Sun International Ltd | 56.5 |
| 11 | CLH.JSE | City Lodge Hotels Ltd | 54.6 |
| 12 | MPT.JSE | Mpact Limited | 50.8 |
| 13 | SSU.JSE | Southern Sun Ltd. | 50.5 |
| 14 | BOX.JSE | Boxer Retail Ltd | 49.0 |
| 15 | PRX.JSE | Prosus N.V. | 48.7 |
| 16 | KAL.JSE | Kaap Agri Bedryf Employee and Farm Worker Bee Trust | 48.6 |
| 17 | TSG.JSE | Tsogo Sun | 47.9 |
| 18 | SHP.JSE | Shoprite Holdings Ltd | 47.8 |
| 19 | GPL.JSE | Granprade | 46.5 |
| 20 | CFR.JSE | Compagnie Financière Richemont SA | 45.5 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score within the Consumer Cyclical sector listed in South Africa; use the screener for the full ranked list.