List of 134 Companies on Main Board of NGX

There are 134 firms on the main board of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX). The figure spreads across 11 sectors. Financial services have the lion share with 44 issuers, followed by service which has 22 companies while companies under the consumer goods are 20; companies under the industrial goods are 11.

Others that have the same number are: Information Communication Technology (ICT), health care, oil and gas, each of them has seven. agriculture sector has five, conglomerates and natural resources have four each while there are three issuers under construction and real estate.

So…

What are the companies on the main board of NGX?

	Issuers	Date Listed	Trading Ticker
1	JAIZ BANK PLC	April 4, 2018	JAIZBANK
2	LASACO ASSURANCE PLC.	June 14, 1991	LASACO
3	LINKAGE ASSURANCE PLC	November 18, 2003	LINKASSURE
4	MUTUAL BENEFITS ASSURANCE PLC.	May 28, 2002	MBENEFIT
5	NEM Insurance PLC [CG+]	September 5, 1990	NEM
6	NIGER INSURANCE PLC	September 1, 1993	NIGERINS
7	INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INSURANCE PLC [MRS]	July 13, 2007	INTENEGINS
8	INFINITY TRUST MORTGAGE BANK PLC [BLS]	December 11, 2013	INFINITY
9	CUSTODIAN INVESTMENT PLC [CG+]		CUSTODIAN
10	DEAP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT & TRUST PLC [DWL]	December 17, 2007	DEAPCAP
11	ECOBANK TRANSNATIONAL INCORPORATED	September 11, 2006	ETI
12	FCMB GROUP PLC.	June 21, 2013	FCMB
13	FIDELITY BANK PLC [CG+]	May 17, 2005	FIDELITYBK
14	GOLDLINK INSURANCE PLC [MRS]	February 12, 2008	GOLDINSURE
15	GUARANTY TRUST HOLDING COMPANY PLC [CG+]	June 24, 2021	GTCO
16	GUINEA INSURANCE PLC.		GUINEAINS
17	VERITAS KAPITAL ASSURANCE PLC		VERITASKAP
18	WEMA BANK PLC. [CG+]	1990	WEMABANK
19	CORONATION INSURANCE PLC [CG+]	August 31, 1990	WAPIC
20	CORNERSTONE INSURANCE PLC [CG+]		CORNERST
21	AXAMANSARD INSURANCE PLC [CG+]	November 19, 2009	MANSARD
22	ASO SAVINGS AND LOANS PLC [DIP]	April 25, 2008	ASOSAVINGS
23	AIICO INSURANCE PLC.		AIICO
24	AFRICAN ALLIANCE INSURANCE PLC	September 17, 2009	AFRINSURE
25	CONSOLIDATED HALLMARK INSURANCE PLC	February 22, 2008	CHIPLC
26	AFRICA PRUDENTIAL PLC [CG+]	November 1, 2013	AFRIPRUD
27	ABBEY MORTGAGE BANK PLC [BLS]		ABBEYBDS
28	NIGERIAN EXCHANGE GROUP	October 15, 2021	NGXGROUP
29	NPF MICROFINANCE BANK PLC [CG+]	December 1, 2010	NPFMCRFBK
30	PRESTIGE ASSURANCE PLC [BLS]	December 3, 1990	PRESTIGE
31	REGENCY ASSURANCE PLC		REGALINS
32	SOVEREIGN TRUST INSURANCE PLC	November 29, 2006	SOVRENINS
33	STANBIC IBTC HOLDINGS PLC [CG+]	November 23, 2012	STANBIC
34	STACO INSURANCE PLC [MRF]		STACO
35	RESORT SAVINGS & LOANS PLC [MRF]		RESORTSAL
36	ROYAL EXCHANGE PLC. [CG+]	December 3, 1990	ROYALEX
37	STANDARD ALLIANCE INSURANCE PLC. [MRF]	December 19, 2003	STDINSURE
38	UNION BANK NIG.PLC. [BLS]		UBN
39	UNION HOMES SAVINGS AND LOANS PLC. [MRS]	April 24, 2006	UNHOMES
40	UNITED CAPITAL PLC [CG+]	UACP	January 13, 2013
41	SUNU ASSURANCES NIGERIA PLC. [CG+]		SUNUASSUR
42	STERLING BANK PLC.	August 17, 1993	STERLNBANK
43	UNITY BANK PLC		UNITYBNK
44	UNIVERSAL INSURANCE PLC	November 2, 2009	UNIVINSURE

Services:

	Issuers	Date Listed	Symbol
1	DAAR COMMUNICATIONS PLC [MRF]	2008	DAARCOMM
2	C & I LEASING PLC.	December 1, 1997	CILEASING
3	CAPITAL HOTEL PLC [BLS]	August 15, 1990	CAPHOTEL
4	CAVERTON OFFSHORE SUPPORT GRP PLC	February 6, 2014	CAVERTON
5	ACADEMY PRESS PLC.	June 15, 1965	ACADEMY
6	IKEJA HOTEL PLC	September 6, 2007	IKEJAHOTEL
7	R T BRISCOE PLC.	March 15, 1974	RTBRISCOE
8	SECURE ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY PLC
9	LEARN AFRICA PLC		LEARNAFRCA
10	RED STAR EXPRESS PLC [CG+]	November 14, 2007	REDSTAREX
11	NIGERIAN AVIATION HANDLING COMPANY PLC [CG+]	November 27, 2006	NAHCO
12	SKYWAY AVIATION HANDLING COMPANY PLC	April 26, 2019	SKYAVN
13	TANTALIZERS PLC		TANTALIZER
14	AFROMEDIA PLC	May 18, 2009	AFROMEDIA
15	GLOBAL SPECTRUM ENERGY SERVICES PLC	November 27, 2017	GSPECPLC
16	EUNISELL INTERLINKED PLC	November 13, 1993	EUNISELL
17	ASSOCIATED BUS COMPANY PLC	December 20, 2006	ABCTRANS
18	TOURIST COMPANY OF NIGERIA PLC. [DIP]		TOURIST
19	TRANS-NATIONWIDE EXPRESS PLC	September 7, 1992	TRANSEXPR
20	TRANSCORP HOTELS PLC [BLS][CG+]
21	UNIVERSITY PRESS PLC.	August 14, 1978	UPL
22	RED STAR EXPRESS PLC [CG+]	November 14, 2007	REDSTAREX

Consumer Goods

Over the last five years, stocks of companies under consumer goods have been doing well. And the reason isn’t far fetched, they mostly fall under the consumables. Below is a list of 20 consumer goods firms on the main board of the Nigerian exchange

	Firms	Date Listed	Ticker
1	DANGOTE SUGAR REFINERY PLC [CG+]	March 8, 2007	DANGSUGAR
2	BUA FOODS PLC [BLS]	January 5, 2022	BUAFOODS
3	CHAMPION BREW. PLC. [BLS]	September 1, 1983	CHAMPION
4	DN TYRE & RUBBER PLC [MRS]		DUNLOP
5	CADBURY NIGERIA PLC.		CADBURY
6	GUINNESS NIG PLC [CG+]	January 2, 1965	GUINNESS
7	INTERNATIONAL BREWERIES PLC. [BLS]		INTBREW
8	GOLDEN GUINEA BREW. PLC. [BLS]		GOLDBREW
9	N NIG. FLOUR MILLS PLC.		NNFM
10	HONEYWELL FLOUR MILL PLC [CG+]	October 20, 2009	HONYFLOUR
11	NESTLE NIGERIA PLC. [CG+]	April 20, 1979	NESTLE
12	MULTI-TREX INTEGRATED FOODS PLC [DIP]	November 1, 2010	MULTITREX
13	FLOUR MILLS NIG. PLC. [CG+]		FLOURMILL
14	NASCON ALLIED INDUSTRIES PLC	October 20, 1992	NASCON
15	NIGERIAN BREW. PLC. [CG+]	September 5, 1973	NB
16	NIGERIAN ENAMELWARE PLC.		ENAMELWA
17	P Z CUSSONS NIGERIA PLC. [CG+]		PZ
18	UNILEVER NIGERIA PLC. [CG+]	April 1, 1973	UNILEVER
19	UNION DICON SALT PLC. [BRS]	September 23, 1993	UNIONDICON
20	VITAFOAM NIG PLC.		VITAFOAM

Agriculture sector

	Companies	Date Listed	Symbol
1	FTN COCOA PROCESSORS PLC [RST]		FTNCOCOA
2	LIVESTOCK FEEDS PLC.	April 1, 1978	LIVESTOCK
3	ELLAH LAKES PLC.		ELLAHLAKES
4	OKOMU OIL PALM PLC.	September 9, 1997	OKOMUOIL
5	PRESCO PLC	October 10, 2002	PRESCO

Healthcare sector

The issuers under the healthcare sector are:

1. EKOCORP PLC. [BLS] (EKOCORP)
2. FIDSON Healthcare PLC (FIDSON). It was listed on April 6, 2008
3. GLAXO Smithkline Consumer Nig. PLC. [CG+] (GLAXOSMITH)
4. MAY & BAKER Nigeria PLC. (MAYBAKER) listed on November 10, 1994
5. MORISON INDUSTRIES PLC. (MORISON)
6. NEIMETH International Pharmaceuticals PLC (NEIMETH) listed on September 21, 1979
7. PHARMA-DEKO PLC. (PHARMDEKO)

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

1. AIRTEL AFRICA PLC (AIRTELAFRI) listed on July 9, 2019
2. CHAMS PLC
3. Courteville Business Solutions PLC
4. CWG PLC [BLS]
5. E-TRANZACT International PLC [CG+] (ETRANZACT) listed on August 7, 2009
6. NCR (NIGERIA) PLC.
7. OMATEK Ventures PLC [RST]

Oil and Gas sector

1. JAPAUL GOLD & VENTURES PLC listed on August 10, 2005
2. MRS OIL NIGERIA PLC.
3. OANDO PLC [MRF]
4. ARDOVA PLC [MRF][CG+]
5. CONOIL PLC
6. ETERNA PLC.
7. TOTALENERGIES MARKETING NIGERIA PLC

Industrial Goods sector

	Firm	Ticker	Date Listed
1	BETA GLASS PLC.	BETAGLAS	July 2, 1986
2	BUA CEMENT PLC	BUACEMENT	January 9, 2020
3	CAP PLC	CAP	May 24, 1978
4	CUTIX PLC.	CUTIX	August 12, 1987
5	NOTORE CHEMICAL IND PLC	NOTORE	August 2, 2018
6	PREMIER PAINTS PLC	PREMPAINTS	March 7, 1995
7	TRIPPLE GEE AND COMPANY PLC.	TRIPPLEG
8	MEYER PLC.	MEYER
9	GREIF NIGERIA PLC	VANLEER
10	BERGER PAINTS PLC	BERGER	December 14, 1973
11	AUSTIN LAZ & COMPANY PLC	AUSTINLAZ	February 29, 2012

Natural Resources

1. Aluminium Extrusion Ind. PLC. (ALEX) listed on December 29, 1987
2. Multiverse Mining And Exploration PLC (MULTIVERSE) listed on April 18, 2008
3. Thomas Wyatt Nig. PLC. (THOMASWY) listed October 26, 1978
4. Industrial & Medical Gases Nigeria PLC (IMG)

Construction/Real Estate

1. ARBICO PLC. (ARBICO)
2. JULIUS BERGER NIG. PLC. [CG+] (JBERGER)
3. UPDC PLC (UPDC)

Conglomerates

	Company	Date Listed	Ticker
1	TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION OF NIGERIA PLC		TRANSCORP
2	JOHN HOLT PLC.	May 1974	JOHNHOLT
3	S C O A NIG. PLC.		SCOA
4	U A C N PLC.		UACN

Wrapping up:

NGX is classified into four: ASeM, premium board, growth board, and main board. Of all the NGX market classifications, the main board is the oldest and houses issuers that have demonstrated track record since the inception of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. It is the most diversified board