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 WEEK.
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: 0.82%
- ★ 1 WEEK return: 5.15%
- ★ 3 MONTH return: 18.93%
- ★ 1 MONTH return: 21.89%
Uchumi Supermarkets Limited is a leading retail company in Kenya which sells food, non-food and textile products as well as general merchandise through a network of Uchumi retail outlets. The company also provides property management services.
- ★ 1 YEAR return: -13.64%
- ★ 1 WEEK return: 5.56%
- ★ 3 MONTH return: 5.56%
- ★ 1 MONTH return: 0.00%
Equity Bank Limited is a financial services institution in Kenya providing banking products and services for the personal, commercial and corporate sectors. The company offers a full-service offering ranging from transactional accounts and digital banking to school fees collection, custody investment and group accounts, trade finance, asset finance and microfinance loans.
- ★ 1 YEAR return: 30.48%
- ★ 1 WEEK return: 6.29%
- ★ 3 MONTH return: 8.99%
- ★ 1 MONTH return: 8.61%
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: 2.94%
- ★ 1 WEEK return: 6.42%
- ★ 3 MONTH return: 6.78%
- ★ 1 MONTH return: 12.50%
Crown Paints (Kenya) Limited manufactures and sells a range of paints and adhesives for the home decor, construction and industrial sectors. The company supplies markets in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somali, South Sudan and the DRC.
- ★ 1 YEAR return: -11.11%
- ★ 1 WEEK return: 6.84%
- ★ 3 MONTH return: -5.88%
- ★ 1 MONTH return: 5.96%
East Africa Cables Limited manufactures electrical cables and conductors in Kenya and sells its products through retail outlets in East and Central Africa. The company produces utility cables which include aluminium overhead conductors for aerial transmission lines and service drop cables for secondary overhead transmission; feeders to residential homes; cables for power and lighting circuits; home electrical appliances; and armoured and non-armoured cables for electricity distribution.
- ★ 1 YEAR return: 9.28%
- ★ 1 WEEK return: 7.07%
- ★ 3 MONTH return: 11.58%
- ★ 1 MONTH return: 17.78%
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: 58.31%
- ★ 1 WEEK return: 9.09%
- ★ 3 MONTH return: 7.14%
- ★ 1 MONTH return: 9.09%
Eveready East Africa Limited manufactures and markets a range of portable power products in Kenya as well as exports products to countries in the East Africa sub-region. Its extensive product range includes dry cell and carbon zinc primary, alkaline and rechargeable batteries; flashlights and portable lanterns; automotive batteries, and CFL and incandescent bulbs sold under the Turbo brand name.
- ★ 1 YEAR return: -12.50%
- ★ 1 WEEK return: 14.42%
- ★ 3 MONTH return: 1.71%
- ★ 1 MONTH return: 6.25%
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: 151.75%
- ★ 1 WEEK return: 19.60%
- ★ 3 MONTH return: 106.90%
- ★ 1 MONTH return: 34.83%
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: 125.90%
- ★ 1 WEEK return: 32.88%
- ★ 3 MONTH return: 125.90%
- ★ 1 MONTH return: 125.90%