Best Shares in Kenya for Investors in the Last Year

Nairobi Securities Exchange

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 YEAR.

Standard Chartered Bank Limited is a financial services institution in Kenya offering banking products and services to the personal, commercial and corporate sectors. The financial institution is a subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank Limited and has a presence in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 14.61%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: -1.81%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 11.42%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: -2.31%
Latest Price: 190.25 -0.13%

Absa Bank Kenya Plc formerly known as Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited is a leading financial service provider in Kenya offering banking products and services to the consumer and corporate sectors under the categories Personal Banking, Prestige Banking, Premier Banking, Corporate, Treasury and Lie Assurance. The company specialises in offering solutions for specialist investment banking, financing, risk management and advisory services for corporates, financial institutions and government clients.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 15.16%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 0.00%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 5.64%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 1.81%
Latest Price: 14.05

TPS Eastern Africa (Serena) Limited owns and operates hotels and lodges in Kenya for the business and tourist sectors. The company owns and operates 35 hotels as well as a selection of resorts, safari guest lodges, safari camps, palaces and forts located in strategic sites in Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Rwanda, Uganda, Mozambique, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 16.67%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 0.00%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: -29.47%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: -5.41%
Latest Price: 14.00

Umeme Limited is a power utility company managing the distribution of electricity, electricity supply and after-sales service in Uganda and power sharing with Africa sub-regions. Its electricity distribution division manages the operation, maintenance, upgrading and expansion of the distribution network in Uganda.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 21.21%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 4.23%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 3.56%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: -3.90%
Latest Price: 16.00 0.31%

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: 30.00%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 0.00%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 0.00%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: 0.00%
Latest Price: 19.50

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

Kapchorua Tea Company Limited grows tea in Kenya and manufactures and sells tea products under the brand name Williamson Tea. The company also has interests in forestry.

  • ★ 1 YEAR return: 31.71%
  • ★ 1 WEEK return: 3.55%
  • ★ 3 MONTH return: 15.63%
  • ★ 1 MONTH return: -2.26%
Latest Price: 270.00 3.85%

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%

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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