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.

BOC Kenya Plc (BOC), established in Mombasa, Kenya, in 1940, is a leading supplier of industrial, medical and special gases in East Africa. In 1947 the company started operations in Nairobi and later years, in Kisumu, Kampala, Mwanza and Dar-es-Salaam.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 31.94%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 0.26%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 41.79%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 6.74%
Latest Price: 95.00

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited is an insurance company offering products and services for the retail and corporate sectors in Kenya and other countries in the Africa sub-region. The company provides life assurance, superannuation, industrial life assurance, bond investment and business incidental insurance services as well as insurance products and services for aviation, engineering, fire, liability, marine, private and commercial vehicles, personal accident, theft, workmen’s compensation and employer’s liability insurance.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 46.84%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 3.57%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 10.27%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 7.41%
Latest Price: 5.80 -1.02%

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: 8.26%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 3.75%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 3.75%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 7.79%
Latest Price: 2.49

Olympia Capital Holdings Limited manufactures and sells products for the home restoration, building and construction sectors in Kenya. Products in its range include floor tiles, PVC windows and door frames, cleaning chemicals, adhesives as well as fire prevention equipment and water pumps sold through its subsidiary, Mather & Platt (Kenya) Limited.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: -41.86%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 3.09%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: -3.23%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 10.70%
Latest Price: 3.00 -0.33%

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: -27.71%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 2.44%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: -26.32%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 11.41%
Latest Price: 21.00

HF Group Limited formerly (Housing Finance Limited) is a financial services group with interests in mortgage lending, corporate and retail banking, property development and a bancassurance business. Its product and service offering ranges from transactional banking products to financial services for micro-enterprises, group banking, agricultural and small-to-medium enterprises.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: -1.51%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 2.46%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 9.83%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 14.50%
Latest Price: 4.58 -4.18%

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: 30.00%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 2.63%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 19.63%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 16.07%
Latest Price: 1.95

Express Limited is a transport and logistics company in Kenya which offers services for goods clearing and forwarding and warehousing. The company transports goods to the major towns and cities in Kenya and depots in South Sudan, North Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: -6.01%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 17.26%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 2.86%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 22.87%
Latest Price: 3.60 1.98%

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: 11.96%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 40.38%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 9.61%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 37.22%
Latest Price: 7.30 7.35%

Bamburi Cement Limited manufactures and sells cement and cement products for the building sector in Kenya and Uganda. The company exports its products to Reunion, Uganda and Mayotle.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 135.58%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 0.41%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 32.58%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 44.63%
Latest Price: 61.25 0.41%

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