The Consumer Goods sector has been on a remarkable run in 2025, posting a year-to-date gain of 83.85% and leading all sectors on the Nigerian Exchange.
Tracked by the NGX Consumer Goods Index, the sector opened the year at 1,731.7 points and has already seen over 6.9 billion shares traded, jumping to 3,183.7 points so far.
Analysts attribute the surge mainly to the solid operational performance of companies in the sector during the first half of 2025, which boosted profitability and helped lift investor confidence as foreign exchange pressures from 2024 eased.
So far this year, the sector has only ended March in the red, followed by a steady streak of gains from April through August, accompanied by increased market activity.
This work focuses on the stocks driving this strong performance, specifically consumer goods companies that have already delivered returns of 100% or more to investors so far in 2025.
Here they are:
International Breweries sits at 7th with a 119.82% return. The stock opened 2025 at N5.55 and has traded over 646 million shares to reach N12.20.
Q1 was challenging, posting an 8.1% decline, but bullish activity in Q2 lifted the stock by 172.6% to N13.90.
However, the stock dipped in July and August, down to N12 by mid-September.
- International Breweries reported a pretax profit of N61.5 billion, rebounding from a N150.2 billion loss in H1 2024, supported by a 52.77% increase in revenue to N340.9 billion and a sharp reduction in finance costs from N33.3 billion to N3.9 billion.
