Best Shares in Kenya for Investors in the Last Month

The Nairobi Securities Exchange is home to some of the largest companies in Kenya and East Africa.

These are the best performing companies in the last MONTH.

Longhorn Publishers Plc publishes and sells educational and general books and distributes them through retail and ecommerce channels to customers in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Rwanda. Formerly known as Longhorn Kenya Limited, the company changed its name to Longhorn Publishers Limited in 2014.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 29.35%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 4.00%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 14.54%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 12.55%
Latest Price: 2.60

Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KenGen) generates and sells electricity in Kenya and for consumption in East Africa sub-regions. Electricity is generated through hydro, thermal, geothermal and wind power generation plants with a combined installed capacity in excess of 1 600 megawatts.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 31.58%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: -3.54%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 25.52%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 16.28%
Latest Price: 3.00 -0.33%

Sanlam Kenya Plc (formerly Pan Africa Insurance Holdings Co. Ltd) is an insurance company which underwrites classes of short- and long-term insurance businesses in Kenya.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: -6.84%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 7.21%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 9.00%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 18.48%
Latest Price: 6.54

Car & General Limited supplies power generation, automotive, engineering and agricultural equipment in Kenya. The company also imports and markets brands which are global leaders in various markets; including two- and three-wheeler vehicles, tractors, outboard engines, air compressors, laundry equipment and water pumps.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: -7.41%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 26.58%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 20.77%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 19.05%
Latest Price: 25.00 8.23%

WPP-ScanGroup Limited is the largest marketing and communication group in the Africa sub-region with leading advertising agencies and media houses falling under the holding company name. These include Ogilvy & Mather, SCANAD, JWT, BluePrint Marketing, GroupM, MediaCom Africa, Mindshare and MEC.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: -16.18%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: -4.20%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 7.55%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 20.00%
Latest Price: 2.28 -0.87%

Trans-Century Limited is an infrastructure company offering services and expertise in power infrastructure, infrastructure projects and engineering infrastructure. Power infrastructure includes manufacturing electrical cables, overhead conductors, power and control cables, data and communication cables, instrumentation and control cables, mining cables, transformers and switchgear.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: -9.80%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 35.29%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 6.98%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 31.43%
Latest Price: 0.46 2.22%

Carbacid (CO²) Investments Plc is a leading producer of natural food grade carbon dioxide in East Africa. The company extracts carbon dioxide gas from natural underground reservoirs which are purified on site to produce natural, certified food grade (99.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 42.77%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: -2.42%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 30.21%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 31.75%
Latest Price: 22.20 0.45%

Unga Group Limited is an agricultural holding company in Kenya which mills wheat and maize and processes baked products and animal nutrition and health products. The company is divided in products produced for human consumption and animal consumption.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: -3.14%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 14.92%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 35.06%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 38.37%
Latest Price: 16.95

The Kenya Power & Lighting Company Plc formerly (Kenya Power & Lighting Company Limited) (Kenya Power or KPLC) is an electricity company in Kenya with interests in geothermal, hydro and thermal power generation as well as power generated from solar and wind sources. Formerly known as East Africa Power & Lighting Limited, the company changed its name to The Kenya Power and Lighting Company Limited in 1983.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 144.76%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: -7.16%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 116.05%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 40.56%
Latest Price: 3.50 1.74%

East African Portland Cement Company Limited manufactures and sells cement for the building and construction sectors in East Africa. The company produces a range of cement products including Portland cement and Portland pozzolanic cement for cementing, mortar and concreate building applications.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 289.19%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 56.95%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 473.71%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 291.30%
Latest Price: 28.80 9.09%

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