2022 has been a tough year for markets with both the NASDAQ Composite Index and S&P 500 Index falling into abear market.
Investors may be pleased to know that the STI has held up well this year, chalking up a small gain of 4.1%.
As the curtains come down for 2022, it’s time to reflect on the stock market for the year. Which Singapore stocks with a market cap above S$1 billion are winners? Let’s find out.
1. Golden Energy and Resources (AUE)
Golden Energy and Resources (Gear) is a Singapore-listed leading energy and resources company in the Asia Pacific region. GEAR principally engages in the exploration, mining, and marketing of metallurgical coal in Australia through its subsidiary Stanmore Coal Limited, and energy coal in Indonesia through its subsidiary PT Golden Energy Mines Tbk.
Golden Energy and Resources shares soared 170.69% in 2022.
2. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (BS6)
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding is a large enterprise group with shipbuilding and Marine engineering manufacturing as its main business, shipping leasing, trade logistics and real estate as its supplement. The company's history can be traced back to 1956. It started as a shipbuilding cooperative. After a series of development, such as factory relocation in 1975, stock restructuring in 1999, construction of a new plant across the river in 2005 and listing in 2007, it is now the first Chinese Shipbuilding enterprise listed in Singapore.
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Skyrocketed 114.85% in 2022.
3. Sembcorp Industries (U96)
Sembcorp Industries Ltd is a Singapore-based energy and urban solutions provider. The Company delivers solutions that support the energy transition and sustainable development. It has four segments. Renewables segment’s principal activities are the provision of electricity from solar and wind resources, energy storage, trading of Energy Attribute Certificates, as well as provision of system services that support integration of renewables into grid. Integrated Urban Solutions segment supports sustainable development through its suite of urban, water, as well as waste and waste-to-resource solutions. Conventional Energy segment’s principal activities include the sale of energy molecules, including natural gas, steam and electricity from a diversity of fossil fuels, such as natural gas and coal. Other Businesses and Corporate segment comprise businesses mainly relating to specialized construction, minting, its captive insurance and financial services, as well as corporate costs.
Sembcorp Industries shares leaped 72.89% in 2022.
4. Sembcorp Marine (S51)
Sembcorp Marine Ltd provides innovative engineering solutions to the global offshore, marine and energy industries. Headquartered in Singapore, the Group has close to 60 years of track record in the design and construction of rigs, floaters, offshore platforms and specialised vessels, as well as in the repair, upgrading and conversion of different ship types. Sembcorp Marine’s solutions focus on the following areas: Renewables, Process, Gas, Ocean Living and Advanced Drilling Rigs.
Sembcorp Marine shares surged 68.29% in 2022.
5. Keppel Corp (BN4)
Keppel Corporation Limited is an investment holding and management company. The Company's segments include Offshore & Marine (O&M), Infrastructure & Others, Urban Development, Connectivity, Asset Management and Corporate & Others. The Keppel Group of Companies includes Keppel Offshore and Marine, Keppel Integrated Engineering, Keppel Energy, Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation, K-Green Trust, Keppel Land and K-REIT Asia, among others.
Keppel Corporation shares jumped 49.6% in 2022.
6. Jardine C&C (C07)
Jardine Cycle & Carriage (JC&C) is the investment holding company of the Jardine Matheson Group in Southeast Asia. JC&C seeks to grow alongside Southeast Asia’s urbanisation and emerging consumer class by investing in market-leading businesses. JC&C has a significant automotive presence in the region including Astra and Tunas Ridean in Indonesia, THACO Corporation in Vietnam, as well as the Cycle & Carriage businesses in Singapore, Malaysia and Myanmar.
Jardine Cycle & Carriage shares jumped 44.69% in 2022.
7. Genting Sing (G13)
Genting Singapore is a constituent stock of the Straits Times Index and is one of the largest companies in Singapore by market capitalisation. The principal activities of Genting Singapore and its subsidiaries are in the development, management and operation of integrated resort destinations including gaming, hospitality, MICE, leisure and entertainment facilities. Genting Singapore owns Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore, offering a casino, S.E.A. Aquarium, Adventure Cove Waterpark, Universal Studios Singapore theme park, hotels, MICE facilities, celebrity chef restaurants and specialty retail outlets.
Genting Singapore shares gained 26.32% in 2022.
8. City Developments (C09)
Incorporated in 1963, City Developments Ltd is a leading residential developer. CDL has built over 15,000 fine homes since 1963. It is also one of Singapore's biggest commercial landlords with more than 30 prime commercial buildings. With a stable of 101hotels, the CDL Group is a leading hotel owner and operator. Its portfolio includes the Millennium, Copthorne and Kingsgate chains of hotels. Operating in 18 countries, CDL has 7 companies listed on stock exchanges in Singapore, London, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Manila.
City Developments shares advanced 23.87% in 2022.
9. Pacific Century (P15)
Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited is a Singapore-based investment holding company. The Company has interests in telecommunications, media, information technology (IT) solutions, logistics and property development and investments in the Asia-Pacific region. The Company's primary holdings include PCCW Limited and Pacific Century Insurance Holdings Limited, both of which are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
Pacific Century shares added 21.7% in 2022.
10. UOB (U11)
United Overseas Bank Limited, often known as UOB, is a Singaporean multinational banking corporation headquartered in Singapore, with branches mostly found in most Southeast Asian countries. Through a series of acquisitions, it is now a leading bank in Singapore with banking subsidiaries in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Today, the UOB Group has a network of 502 offices in 18 countries and territories in Asia-Pacific, Western Europe and North America.
UOB shares climbed 18.98% in 2022.
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