OREANDA-NEWS. SGX lists 28 Transportation stocks as categorised by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), of which the 10 biggest have a combined market capitalisation of S$45.7 billion.

This includes four constituents in the Straits Times Index (STI) – Singapore Airlines, Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, ComfortDelGro Corporation, and SIA Engineering Company. The other six are SATS, Neptune Orient Lines, Singapore Post, SMRT Corporation, China Merchants Holdings (Pacific) and CWT.

The MSCI World Transportation Index is made up of the largest transportation stocks globally, with a combined market capitalisation of US$990.1 billion. This index has generated a total return of 1.9% in the 2016 year thus far, bringing its one-year total return to 0.8%. In comparison, Singapore’s 10 largest transport stocks by market value have averaged a total return of 3.6% in the YTD and 6.4% in the last 12 months.

These 10 transport stocks also trade at an average P/E of 13.6, and maintain an average dividend yield of 4.6%.

Among the 10 stocks categorised to the transportation sector, the five best performers in the year-to-date were China Merchants Holdings (Pacific) (+19.7%), CWT (+14.6%),  SATS (+13.8%),Neptune Orient Lines (+5.7%), and SMRT Corporation (+2.3%). 


The table below details the 10 largest transport stocks and is sorted by market capitalisation. Note that clicking on a stock name will take you to its profile page on SGX StockFacts.

Source: SGX, Bloomberg & SGX StockFacts (data as of 14 July 2016)

On average, these stocks were trading 9.5% below their 12-month highs and 27.0% above their 12-month lows. The five stocks trading closest to their 12-month highs were Neptune Orient Lines, SATS, China Merchant Holdings (Pacific), SIA Engineering Company and ComfortDelGro Corporation.

Source: SGX, Bloomberg & SGX StockFacts (data as of 14 July 2016)

The next 10 largest capitalised stocks that represent the transport sector after those in the table above are Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation, SBS Transit, Vibrant Group, Poh Tiong Choon Logistics, Singapore Shipping Corporation, Ramba Energy, Courage Marine Group, Samudera Shipping Line, Sinwa, and Rickmers Maritime.