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STOXX South Africa All Cap

Index Description

The STOXX South Africa All Cap Index is a market cap weighted index designed to represent the performance of the Large Mid and Small cap companies from South Africa. STOXX South Africa All Cap Index is suitable for global investment products which include funds, exchange traded funds, and derivatives and can also be used for further building block approach strategies when appropriate. It follows a robust and modular framework which enables investors to utilize this index for a variety of investment objectives whilst using a consistent approach. It is derived from the STOXX World Equity Index series and its countries follow the STOXX World Country Classification Framework.

Key facts

  • Broad, yet liquid coverage of Large, Mid and Small cap companies that supports clients' global investment decisions whilst avoiding home biases.
  • A consistent and transparent methodology which fully embraces global standards of governance.
  • Can serve as a basis for numerous derived strategies.
  • Constructed using STOXX World Methodology.
  • Its countries follow the STOXX World Country classification framework.

Descriptive Statistics

Index Market Cap (USD bn) Components (USD bn) Component weight (%) Turnover (%)
Full Free-float Mean Median Largest Smallest Largest Smallest Last 12 monts
STOXX South Africa All Cap 272.9 191.9 2.5 1.1 24.9 0.1 13.0 0.1 6.2
STOXX Emerging Markets All Cap 15,258.3 8,296.4 1.4 0.2 487.1 0.0 5.9 0.0 7.5

Supersector weighting (top 10)

Country weighting

Risk and return figures1

Index returns Return (%) Annualized return (%)
Last month YTD 1Y 3Y 5Y Last month YTD 1Y 3Y 5Y
STOXX South Africa All Cap -4.7 -4.7 -7.2 -3.7 -8.9 N/A N/A -7.2 -1.2 -1.8
STOXX Emerging Markets All Cap -3.9 -3.9 0.5 -18.8 9.8 N/A N/A 0.5 -6.7 1.9
Index volatility and risk Annualized volatility (%) Annualized Sharpe ratio2
STOXX South Africa All Cap N/A N/A 27.3 27.1 29.9 N/A N/A -0.4 -0.1 0.0
STOXX Emerging Markets All Cap N/A N/A 12.3 16.0 17.2 N/A N/A -0.4 -0.5 0.1
Index to benchmark Correlation Tracking error (%)
STOXX South Africa All Cap 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 21.1 21.1 22.5 22.1 22.4
Index to benchmark Beta Annualized information ratio
STOXX South Africa All Cap 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.0 1.2 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 0.3 -0.1

1For information on data calculation, please refer to STOXX calculation reference guide

2Based on EURIBOR1M

(USD, Net Return), all data as of January 31, 2024

BENCHMARK INDICES

STOXX South Africa All Cap

Fundamentals

Index Price/earnings incl. negative Price/earnings excl. negative Price/book Dividend yield (%)3 Price/sales Price/cash flow
Trailing Projected Trailing Projected Trailing Trailing Trailing
STOXX South Africa All Cap 10.7 12.6 10.2 10.2 1.5 3.2 1.0 17.4
STOXX Emerging Markets All Cap 11.7 12.6 10.1 10.1 1.6 2.2 0.7 1.8

Performance and annual returns

Methodology

The STOXX South Africa All Cap Index is a market cap weighted index designed to represent the performance of the Large Mid and Small cap companies from South Africa. STOXX South Africa All Cap Index is suitable for global investment products which include funds, exchange traded funds, and derivatives and can also be used for further building block approach strategies when appropriate. It follows a robust and modular framework which enables investors to utilize this index for a variety of investment objectives whilst using a consistent approach. It is derived from the STOXX World Equity Index series and its countries follow the STOXX World Country Classification Framework.

Versions and symbols

Index ISIN Symbol Bloomberg Reuters
Net Return EUR CH1169661654 SWZAACR .SWZAACR
Gross Return EUR CH1169661662 SWZAACGR .SWZAACGR
Price EUR CH1169661670 SWZAACP .SWZAACP
Net Return USD CH1169661621 SWZAACV .SWZAACV
Gross Return USD CH1169661639 SWZAACGV .SWZAACGV
Price USD CH1169661647 SWZAACL .SWZAACL

Quick Facts

Weighting Free-float market capitalization
Cap Factor N/A
No. of components Variable
Review frequency Semi Annual
Calculation/distribution Realtime 15 sec
Calculation hours 00:00:00 22:15:00
Base value/base date 1000 as of September. 24, 2001
History Available from Sep. 24, 2001
Inception date November. 16, 2022
To learn more about the inception date, the currency, the calculation hours and historical values, please see our data vendor code sheet.

BENCHMARK INDICES

STOXX South Africa All Cap

Top 10 Components4

Company Supersector Country Weight
Naspers Ltd Technology South Africa 12.970%
FirstRand Ltd Banks South Africa 8.403%
Standard Bank Group Ltd/South Banks South Africa 6.145%
CAPITEC BANK Banks South Africa 5.144%
ABSA GROUP LTD Banks South Africa 3.817%
Gold Fields Ltd Basic Resources South Africa 3.757%
BidCorp Ltd Personal Care, Drug and Grocery Stores South Africa 3.412%
Shoprite Holdings Ltd Personal Care, Drug and Grocery Stores South Africa 3.052%
Sanlam Ltd Insurance South Africa 2.981%
MTN Group Ltd Telecommunications South Africa 2.696%

3Net dividend yield is calculated as net return index return minus price index return

4Based on the composition as of January 31, 2024