Pakistan Stock Exchange is proud to announce the list of Top 25 Companies Awards recipients for the year 2023. The companies that make it to the list of the coveted awards are selected on the basis of their financial performance, governance & operational achievements as well as Sustainability and ESG related initiatives.
The PSX Top 25 Companies Awards recognizes companies achieving certain key pre-requisites for this prestigious award which include having a minimum dividend distribution of 30% and shares of the company having been traded atleast 75% of the total trading days in a year, among other pre-requisites. Subject to achieving these pre-requisites, the companies are further weighed based on certain quantitative and qualitative criteria.
In terms of quantitative criteria, PSX selects listed companies which have performed exceptionally in the context of profitability ratios, dividend related ratios, and turnover of shares, among other specifics. In terms of qualitative criteria, PSX selects high-performing listed companies based on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), reporting on SDGs, ESG related initiatives, and Diversity & Inclusion, among other considerations.
The companies that made it to the Top 25 Companies Awards list in 2023, in order of their ranking, are:
- Engro Corporation Limited
- Engro Fertilizers Limited
- Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited
- The Hub Power Company Limited
- Bank Alfalah Limited
- Habib Bank Limited
- Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited
- Mari Petroleum Company Limited
- Systems Limited
- Cherat Cement Company Limited
- Lucky Cement Limited
- Meezan Bank Limited
- Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited
- Pakistan Oilfields Limited
- Image Pakistan Limited
- MCB Bank Limited
- Faysal Bank Limited
- Nestle Pakistan Limited
- Adamjee Insurance Company Limited
- Indus Motor Company Limited
- International Industries Limited
- United Bank Limited
- Pakistan State Oil Company Limited
- Security Papers Limited
- Bank AL Habib Limited