The 50 largest N.Z. industrials

Press, 17 July 1979, Page 25

The 50 largest N.Z. industrials

Net profit (M) Sales (M) Market value (M) Rank Ord. cap. (M) Net worth (M) Earning Earning rate on rate on Rank cap. % funds ’% Rank N.Z. Forest Products .. 22.9 336.7 167.6 1 71.3 273.0 1 31.5 8.9 39 Fletcher Holdings 16.7 398.0 86.2 2 36.5 154.0 3 51.0 11.3 29 Alex Harvey Industries .. 13.9 243.7 76.5 3 32.6 98.4 7 42.7 13.4 14 | Wattle Industries 12.8 239.2 52.5 5 28.5 109.3 4 44.8 11.2 30 * New Zealand Steel 12.6 170.7 38.2 10. 21.2 54.1 13 59.5 23.3 1 * Lion Breweries 10.4 255.9 54.8 4 35.6 192.6 2 29.2 5.4 49 , Winstone 8.0 159.9 47.5 6 29.3 90.2 9 27.3 8.9 40 i’ Waitaki N.Z.R. 7.8 32.3 12 22.1 89.7 10 35.2 9.4 38 U.E.B. Industries 7.4 170.8 38.6 9 21.2 61.7 12 34.4 12.0 25 Tasman Pulp and Paper .. 7.2 145.1 36.3 11 19.4 107.5 6 37.1 6.7 46 Dominion Breweries 7.1 177.0 41.0 8 22.5 108.9 5 • 31.5 6.5 48 Feltex * .. 5.9 198.7 43.9 7 21.5 91.4 8 27.2 6.6 47 N.Z. Motor Corp. 5.8 184.6 20.1 17 15.0 45.2 16 38.7. 12.8 19 I.C.I. New Zealand 5.5 121.9 28.1 13 17.5 40.4 17 28.7 12.4 23 Cable Price Downer ' .. 5.1 186.1 19.9 18 13.9 47.2 15 37.9 11.8 27 Carter Holt 5.1 107.0 27.6 14 12.9 53.0 . 14 39.5 9.6 36 . Steel and Tube 5.3 117.0 26.6 ' 15 12.9 40.1 18 41.1 13.2 16 Rothmans Indus 4.6 120.0 22.9 16 11.0 32.1 22 21.0 14.3 12 Ceramco 4.2 78.6 18.9 21 10.4 34.3 20 40.0 13.1 17 ’ Skellerup Indus 4.1 77.6 16.8 , 24 3.5 28.2 24 116.2 16.0 , 6 Odlins 3.6 109.4 * 17.1 * 23 13.6 34.9 19 26.5 10.3 ‘ 34 N.Z. Farm. Fertiliser .. 3.6 65.2 19.7 19 11.9 31.1 23 30.3 12.6 20 R. and W. Hellaby 3.4 — 11.4 33 6.0 27.3 25 57.3 12.5 22 < Dunlop New Zealand .. 3.4 64.1 15.3 27 6.5 23.2 29 51.8 15.2 8 Southland Frozen Meat .. 3.3 — 18.1 22 9.2 33.0 21 34.2 9.6 37 Goodman Group* 3.2 71.0 — 26 26 sasaxa 26’ N.Z. News 3.0 50.0 15.0 28 8.6 21.7 32 35.0 14.3 13 Canterbury Frozen Meat . 2.8 "■■■■ '■ 11’1 35 6.6 26.9 27 42.1 10.3 35 Firestone 2.6 39.3 11.7 32 10.1 12.8 43 29.4 20.7 3 M.S.I. Corporation 2.6 51.2 11.4 34 5.0 20.7 33 49.9 13.4 15 Ballins Industries 1. 2.4 12.2 31 7.7 17.7 38 31.4 12.6 21 « Lane Walker Rudkin t ,. 2.3 47.3 7.046 4.9 22.6 30 44.5 1 10.5 32 # Wilson and Horton , • .. 2.2 40.0 12.5 30 5.4 19.6 34 50.4 14.9 »V Montana v .. 2.1 13.8 15.6 j 25 6.0 11.5 47 34.7 < 19.0 1 e 4 J N.Z. Industrial Gases j -. 2.0 33.7 M 14.4 * 29 4.8 23.4 28 j 41.4 !; 8.6 | t 42 fl Alcan &.. 2.0 — 6.4 47 3.0 14.0 41 * 59.9 v 14.9 10 Canterbury Timber Pro. . 1.9 10.1 10.1 37 5.1 8.8 « 49 36.7 22.9 2 J Colonial Motors 1.9 105.4 . 9.0 41 4.3 16.4 39 51.9 15.3 7 1 Prestige/Holeproof 1.8 ■■» ■ 7.5 43 5.0 16.2 40 35.8 11.1 • 31 * Ivon Watkins Dow V; ; - - 1.8 * 27.7 « 8 ’ 4 42 3.4 11.8 44 52.0 14.8 t 11 N.Z. Refining & 1.7 18.8 19.4 20 ' 24.0 69.0 11 7.2 2.5 50 ! Golden Bay Cement 1.7 17.5 10.5 36 11.1 19.6 35 15.4 . 8.8 41 / Printing and Packaging . 1.6 28.8 9.3 40 5.8 22.3 31 27.9 * 7.3 45 Neil Holdings .. 1.5 —• 4.2 50 5.0 18.5 36 29.9 " 8.2 44 Andrews and Beaven t.. 1.6 48.0 9.5 39 f 7.8 17.8 37 23.8 K, 8.4 43 Donaghys - 1.5 *— 6.3 48 2.4 8.8 50 59.8 16.5 5 Ajax G.K.N. ... . 1.4 12.5 5.9 49 2.9 11.1 48 50.5 13.0 18 D.R.G. }.. * 1.4 19.4 7.5 44 4.4 11.6 46 32.4 12.3 24 I.N.L. Group g 1.4 40.4 10.1 38 7.6 13.4 42 18.4 10.5 ; 33 Hume Indus (N.Z.) 1.3 •—* — 45 5.0 11.7 45 26.7 11.4 r 28