The 2012 edition of the Mauritius, The Top 100 Companies, which provides an overview of the status report of the hundred companies that have dominated the economic scene of Mauritius, in 2011, is on the market. This is a magazine produced by the Sentinel Group's subsidiary, Business Publications Ltd.. Eight companies stand out because of the amount of their respective turnovers that have surpassed the Rs 10 billion in 2011.
Topping the list of this select club, the Group Mon Loisir (Rs 26.9 billion), a giant in the sugar sector but which has greatly diversified its activities, Air Mauritius, the national airline (Rs 15.1 billion to Rs 17.7 billion), Ireland Blyth Ltd (IBL), one of the largest trading countries engaged in various sectors (Rs 16.1 billion), Vivo Energy, formerly Shell Mauritius (Rs 12.3 billion), active in the field of distribution fuels , Sky Group (Rs 11.435 billion), a leader in the industrial sector and investment with no less than 22 000 employees , the Food and Allied Group (Rs 11.151 billion), a precursor to more than one way in agroindustrial, but has diversified its activities , the Rogers Group, one of the oldest trading partners of the island since 1899, Total Mauritius (Rs 10.41 billion), another sector operator distribution of fuels with a turnover of Rs 10.32 billion.
At the hundredth place of this list is the company Sik Yuen Ltd., engaged in supermarkets with a turnover of Rs 597.78 million.
In terms of market capitalization, that is to say, the market value of all outstanding shares of a company listed on the official market, those of the Mauritius Commercial Bank and State Bank of Mauritius arrive head with a respective value of Rs 42.06 billion and Rs 25.210 billion at June 1, 2012. These two companies are respectively followed by New Mauritius Hotels, a company engaged in the hotel industry with a market capitalization of Rs 11.622 billion and ENL with Rs 9.058 billion, still at 1 June 2012.
Three banks are in the forefront in the area of profitability. This is the MCB (Rs 5,370.00 million), State Bank of Mauritius, (Rs 2,475.00 million) HSBC (Rs 1.964 million), which are respectively the first, second and fourth places. Mauritius Telecom Group (Rs 2.550 million) and the group Espitalier-Noël Group (Rs 1,948.18 million) respectively the second and fifth places.
" With regard to companies 'supports Pierrick Pedel, editor of Mauritius, The Top 100 Companies, " resilience is evident. The outlook for the Mauritian economy are uncertain due to lack of visibility over the developments in Europe which is the main market for our exports and our tourism sector. Diversification of our products and our markets is required. The next challenge will be to Mauritius raise the level of productivity. This is the price of having some form of resilience to hazards better . "