Mr Price advanced to a record high after the South African clothing and furniture retailer said earnings climbed 18 to 22% even as household budgets tightened.
The shares rose as much as 2.4% to R152, the highest since Bloomberg began compiling data on the company in 1990, and traded 2% more as of 3.47pm in Johannesburg.
The stock has gained 8.1% this year, compared with a 3.7% decline in the 11-member FTSE/JSE Africa General Retailers Index.
Earnings per share excluding one-time items advanced as much as 22% for the 26 weeks through September 28, compared with 35% in the corresponding period a year ago, the Durban-based company said in a statement.
Consumer confidence in Africa’s largest economy dropped to a 10-year low in the third quarter as strikes hit the manufacturing and mining industries and gasoline costs soared to a record. – Bloomberg