Largest Listed Companies in New Zealand by Market Cap

New Zealand’s stock exchange traces its origins to the gold rush era of the 1860s, when the first brokers’ association was established in Dunedin in 1867. Today, the NZX — headquartered in Wellington — is the country’s only registered securities exchange, listing roughly 179 securities. It also serves a unique dual role as the market operator for New Zealand’s wholesale electricity market and the Fonterra Shareholders’ Market.

The headline benchmark is the S&P/NZX 50 Index, a total-return, modified market-capitalization-weighted index that tracks the 50 largest and most liquid companies on the exchange. S&P Dow Jones Indices has managed the calculation and distribution of all NZX indices since a strategic partnership formed with the exchange. All trading is denominated in New Zealand dollars (NZD).

The largest listed companies in New Zealand cluster around a handful of sectors:

  • Utilities / Renewable Energy: Meridian Energy, Mercury NZ, Contact Energy, Genesis Energy — several formed from the break-up of the former Electricity Corporation of New Zealand
  • Healthcare: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, the largest company on the NZX, exports medical devices globally with only a fraction of revenue coming from domestic sales
  • Industrials: Auckland International Airport, Port of Tauranga (New Zealand’s largest port by cargo volume), and Mainfreight, a freight and logistics firm operating across 26+ countries
  • Communication Services: Spark New Zealand (the country’s largest telco) and Chorus (the national telecommunications infrastructure operator)
  • Consumer Staples: a2 Milk, dual-listed on both the NZX and the Australian ASX

NZX itself is a self-listed company, trading on the exchange it operates. Beyond equities, NZX also provides passive fund management through its Smartshares family of ETFs and offers KiwiSaver and superannuation products through SuperLife.

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The following table contains a list of the largest New Zealand publicly traded companies by market capitalization, primarily traded on the NZX. The list includes only publicly traded companies, and the presented data (price, market cap) are regularly updated to reflect the current market situation.

Largest listed companies in New Zealand
StockPriceChangeChange %Marketcap
NZD5.49NZD0.020.37%14.49B
NZD36.41NZD0.822.20%21.38B
NZD8.20NZD0.070.86%13.90B
XRO.AX
Xero
XRO.AX
AUD77.00AUD0.020.03%13.37B
NZD2.10NZD0.062.78%3.97B
NZD6.51NZD0.040.62%9.23B
NZD60.33NZD0.070.12%6.08B
IFT.NZ
Infratil
IFT.NZ
NZD10.83NZD0.111.01%10.80B
NZD9.06NZD0.181.95%9.01B
NZD11.42NZD0.10.88%8.28B
NZD7.85NZD0.050.63%5.34B
FCG.NZ
Fonterra
FCG.NZ
NZD6.22NZD0.010.16%9.98B
NZD4.68NZD0.030.65%4.68B
NZD3.28NZD0.020.61%3.53B
CNU.NZ
Chorus
CNU.NZ
NZD9.66NZD0.242.55%4.19B
NZD1.96NZD0.010.51%3.02B
NZD2.25NZD0.031.35%2.29B
NZD2.22NZD0.000000000000000.00%2.50B
NZD0.43NZD0.0051.15%1.39B
NZD9.38NZD0.050.53%2.28B
NZD1.06NZD0.054.50%1.96B
NZD0.745NZD0.011.32%821.78M
NZD1.89NZD0.010.53%1.52B
NZD0.965NZD0.011.05%1.59B
NZD4.70NZD0.051.08%1.05B
NZD2.35NZD0.010.43%1.18B
NZD1.24NZD0.0151.23%1.27B
NZD5.44NZD0.010.18%1.07B
DGL.NZ
Delegat
DGL.NZ
NZD4.01NZD0.092.20%405.53M
NZD1.16NZD0.010.87%999.11M
NZD0.65NZD0.045.80%225.45M
NZD2.31NZD0.041.76%510.74M
NZD1.18NZD0.021.67%660.17M
NZD0.485NZD0.012.11%292.55M
NZD0.19NZD0.0063.06%135.22M
NZD0.74NZD0.0354.52%535.93M
NZD3.60NZD0.051.41%718.70M
NZD6.00NZD0.010.17%864.20M
NZD1.08NZD0.010.92%407.83M
NZD1.20NZD0.0342.76%417.96M
AUD0.56AUD0.0152.61%194.20M
NZD1.32NZD0.0251.86%433.67M
NZD7.11NZD0.070.97%665.69M
NZD3.40NZD0.12.86%356.55M
NZD2.97NZD0.020.67%1.22B
NZD3.17NZD0.082.46%436.43M
NZD9.26NZD0.343.54%552.35M
NZD1.68NZD0.0754.27%401.24M
NZD8.14NZD0.000000000000000.00%266.13M
NZD8.54NZD0.091.04%772.54M
NZD2.35NZD0.010.42%287.98M
NZD1.86NZD0.010.54%637.15M
NZD7.45NZD0.334.63%837.76M
NZD1.74NZD0.052.80%216.18M
NZD0.72NZD0.022.86%50.80M
NZD1.50NZD0.0050.34%343.56M
NZD1.16NZD0.000000000000000.00%217.35M
NZD3.25NZD0.000000000000000.00%514.21M
NZD8.85NZD0.000000000000000.00%232.18M
NZD0.47NZD0.024.08%86.31M
NZD0.76NZD0.000000000000000.00%222.43M
NZD2.26NZD0.010.44%190.06M
NZD1.22NZD0.000000000000000.00%176.08M
NZD0.861NZD0.0131.49%192.64M
NZD0.561NZD0.0091.58%191.14M
NZD1.03NZD0.000000000000000.00%146.20M
AUD0.56AUD0.0152.61%134.43M
NZD5.24NZD0.11.87%231.57M
NZD0.98NZD0.022.00%143.22M
NZD0.198NZD0.0073.41%106.56M
NZD0.85NZD0.044.94%159.45M
NZD0.097NZD0.000000000000000.00%50.27M
NZD0.225NZD0.0052.27%56.45M
NZD0.375NZD0.0051.32%106.27M
NZD0.565NZD0.00250.44%37.14M
NZD0.187NZD0.0042.09%67.83M
AUD0.705AUD0.0557.24%73.36M
AUD0.295AUD0.000000000000000.00%18.98M
NZD0.3NZD0.000000000000000.00%10.20M
NZD0.078NZD0.0011.27%33.87M
AUD0.32AUD0.038.57%23.05M
NZD0.098NZD0.000000000000000.00%32.39M
NZD0.275NZD0.013.77%39.76M
NZD0.945NZD0.0151.61%929.54M
NZD0.015NZD0.000000000000000.00%19.19M
NZD0.59NZD0.011.67%8.66M
NZD0.031NZD0.0026.06%10.48M
NZD0.205NZD0.000000000000000.00%15.74M
AUD0.002AUD0.000000000000000.00%10.48M
NZD0.059NZD0.000000000000000.00%6.81M
NZD0.71NZD0.011.39%20.45M
NZD0.48NZD0.000000000000000.00%25.29M
AUD0.053AUD0.0011.92%21.53M
NZD0.5NZD0.047.41%11.03M
NZD4.95NZD0.11.98%49.27M
NZD0.295NZD0.000000000000000.00%27.10M
NZD0.335NZD0.000000000000000.00%11.80M
NZD0.054NZD0.000000000000000.00%5.10M
NZD0.017NZD0.0015.56%12.70M
NZD0.016NZD0.000000000000000.00%10.39M
AUD0.125AUD0.000000000000000.00%20.18M
AUD0.11AUD0.0054.76%45.99M
NZD0.182NZD0.0021.09%186.06M