Best Shares in Kenya for Investors in the Last Quarter

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 QUARTER.

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: -8.08%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 1.27%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 16.02%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 20.10%
Latest Price: 2.39

BK Group Plc (Formerly Bank of Kigali Limited) is the largest bank in Rwanda by total assets, with 36.1% market share as of 31 March 2014. The Bank has a distribution network comprising 65 branches, 66 ATMs and 620 agent outlets and serves over 223,000 individuals and 20,000 legal entities.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 0.00%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 4.48%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 16.09%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 6.71%
Latest Price: 35.00

Sameer Africa Limited manufactures and imports tyres and automotive products and sells them through distribution outlets in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. Products in its range sold under the Yana brand name include passenger textile and steel-belted radials, light truck radial and bias and tyres for trucks, buses, agricultural, industrial and off-road vehicles.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 15.13%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 7.45%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 23.42%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 14.17%
Latest Price: 2.74 6.61%

Kakuzi Limited grows, packs and sells avocados in Kenya. The company also has interests in growing, cracking and selling macadamia nuts; growing tea and producing tea products; and growing and selling pineapples.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 8.31%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 0.00%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 23.79%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 15.34%
Latest Price: 439.75

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: 9.67%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: -0.30%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 26.05%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 25.10%
Latest Price: 16.45

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: 35.37%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 3.68%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 26.53%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 24.50%
Latest Price: 3.10 -2.82%

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: 48.84%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: -0.66%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 26.69%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 4.16%
Latest Price: 22.55 2.04%

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: 14.75%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 94.44%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 31.58%
Latest Price: 3.50 -1.41%

Kenya Orchards Plc manufactures and sells fruit and vegetable bottled and canned products for domestic consumption in Kenya. The company also produces a range of spices and seasoning.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 173.08%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 46.09%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 173.08%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 173.08%
Latest Price: 53.25 9.91%

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: 405.48%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: -27.29%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 727.35%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 202.46%
Latest Price: 36.90 -9.89%

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