OREANDA-NEWS. Consumer sector stocks comprise businesses that provide essential goods and services as well as non-essential goods and services. The essential side is commonly referred to as Consumer Staples, while the non-essential side is referred to as Consumer Discretionary.

According to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), the Consumer Staples sector comprises companies whose businesses are less sensitive to economic cycles. These businesses include manufacturers and distributors of food, beverages and tobacco and producers of non-durable household goods and personal products. It also includes food & drug retailing companies as well as hypermarkets and consumer super centres. The Consumer Discretionary sector includes manufacturers of automobiles & components and consumer durables & apparel. It also includes consumer services, media and retailing.

Consumer Stocks with Market Cap of Over SS$200 Mln

Singapore lists 167 consumer stocks with a combined market capitalisation of S$148.9 billion. Amongst these 167 consumer plays, there are 54 active stocks with a market capitalisation of over S$200 million. Together, these 54 consumer stocks have a total market capitalisation of S$143.3 billion.

Recent Performances

In the month thus far, these 54 stocks averaged a total return of 8.8%, taking their year-to-date and three year total returns to 7.6% and 30.5% respectively. They also generated a median total return of 3.5% in the same period. This compares with a month-to-date median total return of 6.2% for the 2,754 consumers plays with market capitalisation of over S$200 million in the Asia-Pacific region. Median measures are used when a large number of stocks are aggregated due to skew effects that can occur with simple averaging.

Out of the 54 stocks, 33 are from the Consumer Discretionary sector and 21 are from the Consumer Staples sector. The 33 Consumer Discretionary stocks averaged month-to-date and year-to-date gains of 4.4% and 2.1% respectively. This compares with the 21 Consumer Staples stocks, which averaged month-to-date and year-to-date gains of 15.7% and 16.4% respectively.

These 54 active Singapore consumer stocks maintain average and median dividend yields of 3.4% and 2.6% respectively, which compares with the median dividend yield of 1.5% for the 2,754 relevant stocks in Asia Pacific. Amongst the 54, the 33 Consumer Discretionary stocks maintain an average dividend yield of 4.1%, as compared with the 21 Consumer Staple stocks, which maintain an average dividend yield of 2.5%.

Source: SGX & Bloomberg (data as of 30 March 2016)

In the month thus far, the five best performers amongst the 54 consumer stocks averaged a total return of 44.5%.

Four are from the Consumer Staples sector – Sino Grandness Food Industry Group (+75.9%), GMG Global (+55.8%), Indofood Agri Resources (+42.0%) and Japfa (+24.0%). The fifth best performer was from the Consumer Discretionary sector – Banyan Tree Holdings (+24.5%).

In the year thus far, the five best performers amongst the 54 consumer stocks averaged a total return of 58.1%. Three are from the Consumer Staples sector –  GMG Global (+90.5%), Sino Grandness Food Industry Group (+90.4%) and Petra Foods (+33.2%). The other two best performers are from the Consumer Discretionary sector – Banyan Tree Holdings (+44.4%) and mm2 Asia (32.1%).

Of the 54 stocks, three with the highest dividend yields are from the Consumer Discretionary sector – Asian Pay Television Trust (14.4%), LCD Global Investments (12.6%) and Accordia Golf Trust (7.5%). The other two consumer stocks with the highest dividend yields are from Consumer Staples – China Minzhong Food Corporation (6.8%) and QAF (4.9%).

The 54 active Singapore consumer stocks with a market capitalisation of over S$200 million are detailed below and sorted by sectors and market capitalisation. Click on each stock to visit its profile page on SGX StockFacts.

Name SGX Code Market Cap in S$M Total Return MTD % Total Return YTD % Total Return 3 Yrs % Dvd Ind Yld % P/E P/B GICS® Sub Industry Name

Consumer Discretionary
Jardine Cycle & Carriage C07 16,165 6.1 17.4 -9.6 2.3 16.0 2.2 Distributors
Genting Singapore PLC G13 10,151 11.9 9.7 -42.1 1.8 127.8 1.3 Casinos & Gaming
Singapore Press Holdings T39 6,506 9.4 3.3 10.4 3.7 18.8 1.8 Publishing
Shangri-La Asia S07 5,298 11.4 13.4 -45.3 N/A 28.6 0.6 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
Alibaba Pictures Group S91 5,272 -11.1 -29.5 293.8 N/A 80.7 2.3 Movies & Entertainment
Genting Hong Kong S21 3,664 -2.4 -4.7 -18.3 N/A 1.4 0.6 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
Mandarin Oriental International M04 2,255 1.3 -16.3 6.6 3.8 18.1 1.4 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
Hotel Properties H15 1,862 2.3 -6.0 16.3 1.1 25.9 1.1 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
OUE LJ3 1,527 4.0 -5.6 -32.4 1.2 10.7 0.4 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
GL B16 1,183 3.0 -1.1 5.5 2.7 11.1 0.7 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
OSIM International O23 1,020 23.9 27.3 -24.4 4.4 20.4 2.6 Specialty Stores
Hotel Grand Central H18 816 0.8 5.1 35.0 4.1 9.2 0.6 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
Asian Pay Television Trust S7OU 812 -0.5 -8.3 -19.9* 14.4 17.9 0.7 Cable & Satellite
Metro Holdings M01 798 1.1 10.3 24.1 2.1 6.5 0.5 Department Stores
Accordia Golf Trust ADQU 681 6.9 15.9 -28.2* 7.5 21.5 0.7 Leisure Facilities
Straco Corporation S85 660 -3.1 -12.5 171.9 2.6 13.3 2.9 Leisure Facilities
Sri Trang Agro-Industry Public Company NC2 570 8.5 25.4 -27.0 3.4 13.7 0.7 Tires & Rubber
The Hour Glass AGS 522 2.8 -5.7 31.1 3.0 9.0 1.2 Specialty Stores
Banyan Tree Holdings B58 445 24.5 44.4 -2.1 N/A N/A 0.8 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
Stamford Land Corporation H07 436 5.2 -1.0 3.4 4.0 13.2 1.0 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
Duty Free International 5SO 399 2.9 12.9 3.0 4.8 18.0 2.9 Specialty Stores
Li Heng Chemical Fibre Technologies AXZ 335 -1.0 -0.5 39.7 N/A N/A 0.4 Textiles
Global Premium Hotels P9J 326 -1.6 -4.6 19.7 N/A 20.9 0.4 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
Jumbo Group 42R 292 3.4 4.6 N/A N/A 27.2 5.1 Restaurants
Innovalues 591 291 10.5 12.6 927.2 2.2 11.7 3.3 Auto Parts & Equipment
Centurion Corporation OU8 280 1.4 -3.8 44.9 4.1 8.2 0.7 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
HTL International Holdings H64 276 8.7 0.7 137.3 N/A N/A 1.3 Home Furnishings
Zhongmin Baihui Retail Group 5SR 273 -0.7 -21.9 -11.1 3.2 25.0 11.6 Department Stores
Hotel Royal H12 270 0.6 -5.3 13.8 1.6 93.0 0.5 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
mm2 Asia 43D 232 16.7 32.1 320.0* N/A 42.7 11.3 Movies & Entertainment
Amara Holdings A34 230 0.0 -5.9 -24.9 2.5 15.9 0.7 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
LCD Global Investments L38 222 0.0 -20.8 60.7 12.6 36.2 0.8 Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines
Raffles Education Corporation NR7 212 -2.2 -13.7 -34.8 4.6 19.5 0.4 Education Services
Average     4.4 2.1 57.6 4.1 26.1 1.9  

Consumer Staples
Wilmar International F34 21,488 9.3 15.6 5.1 2.3 14.9 1.0 Agricultural Products
Thai Beverage Public Company Y92 18,205 3.6 5.1 30.5 3.4 18.9 4.0 Distillers & Vintners
Dairy Farm International Holdings D01 10,952 -4.3 -3.8 -41.6 3.8 19.0 5.9 Food Retail
Golden Agri-Resources E5H 5,412 14.9 25.0 -23.6 1.2 N/A 0.4 Agricultural Products
Olam International O32 4,826 9.1 -4.4 9.2 1.5 N/A 0.9 Food Distributors
First Resources EB5 3,298 9.2 8.3 21.1 1.8 22.1 2.4 Agricultural Products
Fraser and Neave F99 2,848 0.0 -3.8 -18.4 2.6 N/A 1.1 Brewers
Petra Foods P34 1,717 20.1 33.2 -28.6 1.6 N/A 5.2 Packaged Foods & Meats
Bumitama Agri P8Z 1,615 22.7 30.5 -6.8 1.5 17.9 2.3 Agricultural Products
Sheng Siong Group OV8 1,278 -0.6 1.2 47.0 3.9 22.3 5.2 Food Retail
Super Group S10 1,114 14.9 19.0 -44.9 2.2 23.3 2.1 Packaged Foods & Meats
Japfa UD2 1,094 24.0 31.9 -22.5* N/A 12.0 1.2 Packaged Foods & Meats
Indofood Agri Resources 5JS 872 42.0 27.6 -48.4 0.8 129.9 0.6 Packaged Foods & Meats
Yeo Hiap Seng Y03 769 0.4 -0.4 -50.6 1.5 20.3 1.3 Packaged Foods & Meats
Del Monte Pacific D03 651 1.5 -13.0 -50.9 N/A 20.4 1.6 Packaged Foods & Meats
China Minzhong Food Corporation K2N 616 20.5 12.6 -11.2 6.8 10.7 0.5 Packaged Foods & Meats
QAF Q01 578 2.0 -2.4 31.7 4.9 10.8 1.3 Packaged Foods & Meats
Sino Grandness Food Industry Group T4B 468 75.9 90.4 39.0 N/A 10.9 1.2 Packaged Foods & Meats
Mewah International Inc. MV4 465 6.9 -11.4 -29.5 1.5 53.1 0.7 Packaged Foods & Meats
GMG Global AXJ 460 55.8 90.5 -50.9 N/A N/A 0.6 Agricultural Products
BreadTalk Group 5DA 294 1.0 -7.5 14.9 1.4 38.5 2.3 Food Retail
Average     15.7 16.4 -10.9 2.5 27.8 2.0  

Source: SGX, Bloomberg & SGX StockFacts (data as of 30 March 2016)

*Note that total returns of the stocks are based on returns since their respective IPO dates