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Johannesburg - Shoprite [JSE:SHP], Africa's biggest retailer, met its profit estimates with a 10.8% rise in full-year earnings on Tuesday as it stole market share in its food business from rivals.
Shoprite said diluted headline earnings per share totaled 772.9 cents in the year ended June, in line with the 773c estimate by Thomson Reuters StarMine SmartEstimates.
Headline EPS is the most widely watched profit gauge in South Africa which strips out certain one-off items.
Its shares rose 1.54% to R160.49 by 09:05.
Retailers in South Africa have suffered from electricity shortages which have forced many stores to fork out for back-up generators. They in turn are struggling to pass those costs along to highly indebted consumers.
Shoprite said it had managed to increase sales by 11.2% to R113.7bn thanks to 170 new stores and taking market share in food sales from its competitors.
