profit from every ZAR 100 of sales.
ZAR 0ZAR 100
PPC
ZAR 8.35+0.48% today
+60.6% in 1 year
1-year low ZAR 5.201-year high ZAR 8.48
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average.
0%20% a year
You pay ZAR 14.76 for every ZAR 1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
PPC vs. similar companies
PPC grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from ZAR 100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per ZAR 1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| PPC | 14.8× · Cheap | ||
 UltraTech Cement | 43.6× · Expensive | ||
 Martin Marietta Materials | 32.1× · Expensive | ||
 Heidelberg Materials | 16.0× · Fair price | ||
 Grasim Industries | 41.4× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads PPC's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
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Valuation
- 14.8×
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- 1.9×
- 1.2×
- 21.3×
- –
- 4.7%
- 6.8%
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Profitability
- 21.4%
- 14.4%
- 8.1%
- –
- 14.1%
- 7.0%
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- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +7.1%
- –
- –
- –
- −1.2%
Financial health
- -0.2×
- 0.12
- –
- 17.0×
- 1.46
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How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 19%of 990
Top 37%of 950
Top 30%of 766
Top 39%of 929
Top 33%of 987
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
51No pass
Benjamin Graham
54No pass
Philip Fisher
44No pass
Peter Lynch
55No pass
Joel Greenblatt
51No pass
Charlie Munger
44No pass
Terry Smith
33No pass
Questions about PPC
Is PPC a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the PPC AI analysis
What does PPC do?
PPC Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of cement, aggregates, ready mix concrete, and fly ash in South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. It is in Building Materials.
Is PPC stock halal?
Yes. PPC passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 6% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has PPC stock done over the past year?
Up 60.6% over the past twelve months, to ZAR 8.35. It traded between ZAR 5.20 and ZAR 8.48, close to its high.
Who are PPC's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are UltraTech Cement, Martin Marietta Materials, Heidelberg Materials and Grasim Industries. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with PPC's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.