Best Financial Services Stocks in South Africa for 2026
Banks, insurers, asset managers, and capital-markets firms, where book value and capital ratios carry more weight than a standard P/E screen.
Financial Services covers banks, insurers, asset managers, and capital markets firms. Standard valuation ratios (P/E, P/S) compress at the top end and book value matters more than for industrials, which is why the Valuation pillar weights P/B and P/Tangible Book heavily. Health pillar (capital ratios, NPL trends) is the safety floor.
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 Financial Services in South Africa by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CPIP.JSE | Capitec Bank Holdings Limited | 82.1 |
| 2 | CML.JSE | Coronation Fund Managers Ltd | 63.1 |
| 3 | JSE.JSE | JSE Limited | 60.9 |
| 4 | MTM.JSE | Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Ltd | 58.2 |
| 5 | AFH.JSE | Alexander Forbes Grp Hldg Ltd | 57.5 |
| 6 | SLM.JSE | Sanlam Ltd | 57.5 |
| 7 | SBK.JSE | Standard Bank Group Ltd | 57.5 |
| 8 | FGL.JSE | Finbond Group Ltd | 57.0 |
| 9 | ABG.JSE | Absa Group Ltd | 56.0 |
| 10 | BAT.JSE | Brait SE | 56.0 |
| 11 | SBP.JSE | Sabvest Capital Ltd | 54.7 |
| 12 | NY1.JSE | Ninety One Ltd | 54.5 |
| 13 | FSR.JSE | Firstrand Ltd | 54.0 |
| 14 | OMU.JSE | Old Mutual Ltd | 52.5 |
| 15 | INL.JSE | Investec Ltd | 52.1 |
| 16 | RNI.JSE | Reinet Investments SCA | 51.2 |
| 17 | N91.JSE | Ninety One PLC | 51.0 |
| 18 | SNT.JSE | Santam | 51.0 |
| 19 | MHB.JSE | Mahube Infrastructure Ltd | 50.7 |
| 20 | OPA.JSE | CHANNEL VAS INV LTD | 50.1 |
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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 Financial Services sector listed in South Africa; use the screener for the full ranked list.