The Nigerian stock market continues to dazzle investors in 2025, sustaining its momentum as one of the world’s best-performing exchanges.
As of the close of trading last week, the All-Share Index (ASI) climbed to 134,452.93 basis points, delivering a 30.63% year-to-date gain nearly matching the impressive 37.65% full-year return in 2024.
Market capitalization now stands at N83.07 trillion, reflecting strong investor appetite despite lingering macroeconomic headwinds like inflation and currency swings.
So far in 2025, the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) has posted a 31.32% YtD return, consolidating the bullish trend that accelerated in early July.
The rally has been fueled by stellar earnings reports, particularly from the banking and consumer goods sectors, where listed firms have demonstrated resilience and stronger profitability in the face of earlier economic pressures. Investors are rewarding these fundamentals with renewed confidence, propelling several companies to valuations above the $1 billion mark.
With the index recently closing at 137,912.87 basis points, reflecting a 33.99% year-to-date gain and total market cap of N87.2 trillion, Nigerian equities are not just attracting local participation but also renewed foreign interest.
Against this backdrop of strong performance and resilient corporate earnings, we highlight the Nigerian listed companies now valued at over $1 billion as of July 2025.
- Market Capitalization: $2.21 billion
For the period ended July 28, 2025, Guaranty Trust Holding Company’s (GTCO) market capitalization stood at N3.43 trillion ($2.21 billion), more than doubling from N1.68 trillion ($1.08 billion) in December 2024, a 104.17% surge that firmly places it among the top-performing stocks on the Exchange.
GTCO recently released its 2024 full-year audited accounts, reporting a record pre-tax profit of N1.266 trillion, up from N609.3 billion in 2023. Gross earnings rose sharply to N2.148 trillion, compared with N1.186 trillion a year earlier.
Profit after tax climbed 88.4% to N1.017 trillion, from N539.6 billion in 2023, the highest profit ever in the bank’s history. In addition, GTCO marked a significant milestone in its growth and expansion journey with the successful admission of its ordinary shares to the Equity Shares (International Commercial Companies Secondary Listing) category of the Official List of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and trading commenced on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
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