• Singapore’s five most traded consumer cyclical stocks include Genting Singapore, Jardine Cycle & Carriage, NIO Inc, The Hour Glass and MM2 Asia. The four stocks that have been listed for the duration have averaged YTD price gains of 22%, while NIO Inc has generated a 24% price gain in SGD terms from its May 20 close.

• These five consumer cyclical stocks have seen S$279 million in combined YTD net fund flow, with Jardine Cycle & Carriage seeing the highest inflow. The four consumer cyclical stocks that have been listed for the duration have, on average, been 20% more volatile than the broader market over the past five years.

• Singapore’s five most traded consumer non-cyclical stocks include Wilmar International, Thai Beverage PCL, Golden Agri-Resources, First Resources Sheng Siong Group. The five stocks averaged 3% YTD price gains, with S$98 million in combined net fund flow, while maintaining 20% less volatility than the broader market over the past five years. 
   

The Consumer sectors are comprised of cyclical and non-cyclical stocks. Cyclical stocks include the non-essential, more luxurious goods that can be more sensitive to broader business cycles, with sub-industries such as automobiles, leisure and media, while the non-cyclical stocks are seen as the less elastic, essentials, with sub-industries such as farming, food and personal products. Globally, the market value of consumer cyclical stocks is greater than consumer non-cyclical stocks, while also maintaining higher historical volatility. Over the past five years, global consumer cyclical stocks have also marginally outpaced non-cyclicals, however from the end of 2019 through to present, economic challenges have seen global consumer non-cyclical stocks marginally outpace consumer cyclical stocks.

In Singapore, the five most traded consumer cyclical stocks include Genting Singapore, Jardine Cycle & Carriage, NIO Inc, The Hour Glass and MM2 Asia. The four stocks that have been listed for the duration have averaged price gains of 22% in the 2022 year to 16 Sep, while NIO Inc has generated a 24% price gain in SGD terms from its May 20 close. Since listing on 20 May, the designer and developer of high-performance electric vehicle has averaged more than S$5 million in daily trading turnover. This places the stock has the third most traded Singapore consumer cyclical stock in the 2022 year thus far. The five most traded consumer cyclical stocks are tabled below.
 

Source: SGX (Data as of 16 Sep 2022)
 

The four consumer cyclical stocks that have been listed for the duration have averaged 5-year historical beta of 1.2, which means they have been more volatile than the boarder market. This compares to the average 5-year historical beta Singapore’s five most traded consumer non-cyclical stocks at 0.8, which have been less volatile than the broader market. The five consumer non-cyclical stocks are tabled below.
 

Source: SGX (Data as of 16 Sep 2022)