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About Lewis Group
Its shares trade on JSE under the ticker LEW.JO. It has been listed since 30 September 2004. In the fiscal year to 31 March 2026, it reported revenue of ZAR 10.32bn and net income of ZAR 853.8m. At that date it held total assets of ZAR 9.16bn and shareholders' equity of ZAR 5.49bn.
Lewis Group Ltd. engages in the retail of household furniture and electrical appliances through its trading brands: Lewis, Beares, and Best Home and Electric. The company is headquartered in Cape Town, Western Cape. The company went IPO on 2004-09-30. The firm operates through two subsidiaries, Lewis Stores Proprietary Limited and Monarch Insurance Company Limited. The firm's segments include Lewis, Best Home and Electric, and Beares. The firm's Lewis brand has approximately 483 stores in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland; Best Home and Electric brand has over 144 stores, and Beares brand has over 137 stores. Best Home and Electric is a retailer of electrical appliances, sound and vision equipment and selected furniture lines. Beares is focused on offering a range of aspirational furniture. The firm's products are sourced from a range of local and international suppliers. The firm's retail chains are supported by Monarch Insurance Company Limited, the Company's short-term insurer that offers optional microinsurance products to South African customers.
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Company facts
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Industry
- Specialty Retail
- Listed since
- 30 Sept 2004
- Employees
- 7,610
- Website
- lewisgroup.co.za ↗
Leadership
Pay as last reported
- Mr. Hilton SavenIndependent Non-Executive Chairman of the BoardZAR 1.4m
- Mr. Johan EnslinChief Executive Officer, Executive Director, since 2007ZAR 28.1m
- Mr. Jacques BestbierChief Financial Officer, Executive Director, since 2017ZAR 17.0m
- Mr. Waleed AchmatHuman Resources Director
- Mr. Rinus OliphantOperations Director
- Ms. Marisha GibbonsCompany Secretary
- Prof. Fatima AbrahamsLead Non-Executive Independent DirectorZAR 1.0m
- Ms. Adheera BodasingNon-Executive Independent DirectorZAR 778,000
- Mr. Brendan DeeganNon-Executive Independent DirectorZAR 778,000
- Ms. Daphne MotsepeNon-Executive Independent DirectorZAR 1.1m
- Mr. Tapiwa NjikizanaNon-Executive Independent DirectorZAR 778,000
Environmental, social and governance
Scores out of 100, from our data supplier
- Overall
- 46
- Environment
- 31
- Social
- 41
- Governance
- 66
- Direct emissions (scope 1)
- 20,995 t
- Energy emissions (scope 2)
- 23,113 t
- Value chain emissions (scope 3)
- 34,115 t
- Women in the workforce
- 58.6%
- Carbon reduction policy
- Yes
- Human rights policy
- Yes
SWOT analysis
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Strengths
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Weaknesses
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Opportunities
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Threats
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