British American Tobacco Kenya Plc

BATMain Investment MarketKilele 20Kilele 25

KES485.50

+3.00+0.62%

Live

Open: 485.00
High: 490.75
Low: 484.00
Prev close: 482.50
VWAP: 486.89
Volume: 4,695
Turnover: KES 2.29M
Deals: 51

Price history

BAT chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +8.67%

Statistics

Risk and return

Measured from daily closing prices against the Kilele All Share Index.

252 daily returns, risk-free rate taken as the 91-day bill.

Annualised return: +26.3%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 18.6%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 0.85; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: 1.24; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.48; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: +11.5%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.45; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −17.6%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −1.92%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −2.34%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.21; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: −0.21; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 53.6%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +2.68%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −3.27%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.099%, standard deviation 1.17%.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

BAT against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.48. R squared 0.20.

Rolling volatilityAnnualised, measured over the previous 21 sessions.

Drawdown from peakHow far the price sat below its previous high, 12 months.

Relative performance

Against the sector and the market

BAT performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	BAT	Manufacturing and Allied	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+2.00%	+4.26%	+3.36%	−1.36% percentage points
1 month	+2.37%	+1.95%	+1.75%	+0.62% percentage points
3 months	+11.35%	+13.11%	+0.16%	+11.20% percentage points
6 months	+8.67%	+6.65%	+1.84%	+6.83% percentage points
Year to date	+46.68%	+49.15%	+17.33%	+29.34% percentage points
12 months	+26.27%	+21.97%	+17.69%	+8.58% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session4,695 shares

Buyer initiated: 2,547
Seller initiated: 2,148
Imbalance: +8.5%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet +KES 8.32M, gross 61.20M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

Dividends and corporate actions
Action	KES per share	Books close	Payment	Status
Interim dividend	5.00	21 Aug 2026	30 Sep 2026	Paid

Comparables

Peers in Manufacturing and Allied

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
EABLEast African Breweries Plc	248.75	−0.90%	KES 196.71B	15.9x	3.22%	+21.8%
CARBCarbacid Investments Plc	25.04	−0.32%	KES 6.38B	6.2x	6.79%	+11.8%
BOCBOC Kenya Plc	98.82	−0.72%	KES 1.93B	9.7x	6.58%	+11.6%
UNGAUnga Group Plc	13.59	−0.59%	KES 1.03B	n/m	-	−20.3%
FTGHFlame Tree Group Holdings Ltd	1.40	−0.71%	KES 249.27M	28.0x	-	+5.3%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 48.55BRank 12 of 47
Shares in issue: 100.00M
Earnings per share: KES 44.50
Price to earnings: 10.9x
Dividend per share: KES 50.00
Dividend yield: 10.30%
Payout ratio: 112%
Earnings yield: 9.2%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 6,001
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 2.84M
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.48
Volatility, 12 months: 18.6%

52-week range96% of range

316.25492.75

Order book

Best eight levels on each side, refreshed during the session.

Spread: 0.50 (0.10%)
Mid price: 485.500
Imbalance: −3% offers

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

979 shares bid824 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in BAT
Time	Price	Shares
14:12:44	485.25	54
14:04:27	486.25	8
13:52:42	486.25	63
13:50:11	486.25	82
13:50:07	486.25	173
13:41:40	486.75	115
13:33:31	486.25	40
13:32:36	486.25	81
13:23:36	486.00	103
13:21:04	486.75	67
13:15:09	485.75	206
13:14:06	486.00	126
12:55:20	486.00	704
12:43:30	487.00	24

Technical analysis

Signal summary

Bullish

7 bullish, 1 neutral and 1 bearish readings from moving averages and oscillators.

Moving averages

Moving averages and the price position
SMA 20	478.48	+1.5%	Bullish
SMA 50	475.03	+2.2%	Bullish
SMA 100	455.84	+6.5%	Bullish
SMA 200	431.47	+12.5%	Bullish
EMA 12	480.24	+1.1%	Bullish
EMA 26	477.06	+1.8%	Bullish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	59.2	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	3.184	Above signal line	Bullish
Stochastic 14, 3	71.3	Falling	Bearish

Classic pivot points

From the previous session: pivot = (high + low + close) / 3.

501.58

497.17

489.83

Pivot

485.42

478.08

473.67

466.33

Position calculator

Shares of BAT

Consideration at KES 485.50: KES 485,500.00
Fees and levies (1.84%): KES 8,933.20
Total cost of purchase: KES 494,433.20
Break-even selling price: KES 503.70+3.75% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 50,000.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 2,500.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 47,500.009.61% yield on cost

Uses the standard levies for trades of this size and the latest declared dividend. Your broker may charge less above KES 100,000.

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Company profile

Manufacturer and marketer of tobacco and nicotine products, exporting across the region.

Headquarters: Nairobi
Sector: Manufacturing and Allied
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: BAT

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