BOC Kenya Plc

BOCMain Investment Market

KES97.86

−1.27−1.28%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 99.19
High: 99.19
Low: 97.70
Prev close: 99.13
VWAP: 98.45
Volume: 2,429
Turnover: KES 239.1K
Deals: 4

Price history

BOC chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +6.60%

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: +8.2%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 22.1%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 0.01; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: 0.02; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.18; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: −0.9%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.14; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −21.0%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −2.02%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −2.33%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: 0.28; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: −0.56; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 46.4%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +3.68%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −3.01%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.041%, standard deviation 1.40%. 2 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

BOC against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.18. R squared 0.02.

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

BOC performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	BOC	Manufacturing and Allied	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+1.71%	+1.61%	+0.62%	+1.10% percentage points
1 month	−3.35%	+2.00%	+0.02%	−3.36% percentage points
3 months	+4.11%	+9.61%	−0.63%	+4.73% percentage points
6 months	+6.60%	+7.01%	+0.58%	+6.02% percentage points
Year to date	+33.78%	+47.24%	+15.61%	+18.17% percentage points
12 months	+8.18%	+21.37%	+14.98%	−6.80% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session2,429 shares

Buyer initiated: 997
Seller initiated: 1,432
Imbalance: −17.9%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet −KES 53.9K, gross 1.46M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

No corporate actions on record.

Comparables

Peers in Manufacturing and Allied

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
EABLEast African Breweries Plc	245.00	−2.49%	KES 193.74B	15.7x	3.27%	+20.5%
BATBritish American Tobacco Kenya Plc	483.50	−0.31%	KES 48.35B	10.9x	10.34%	+28.3%
CARBCarbacid Investments Plc	24.81	−0.96%	KES 6.32B	6.1x	6.85%	+12.3%
UNGAUnga Group Plc	13.54	−0.59%	KES 1.03B	n/m	-	−18.2%
FTGHFlame Tree Group Holdings Ltd	1.35	−2.17%	KES 240.37M	27.0x	-	+1.5%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 1.91BRank 34 of 47
Shares in issue: 19.53M
Earnings per share: KES 10.20
Price to earnings: 9.6x
Dividend per share: KES 6.50
Dividend yield: 6.64%
Payout ratio: 64%
Earnings yield: 10.4%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 1,724
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 175.4K
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.18
Volatility, 12 months: 22.1%

52-week range62% of range

70.91114.25

Order book

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

Spread: 0.04 (0.04%)
Mid price: 97.860
Imbalance: 0% offers

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

722 shares bid805 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in BOC
Time	Price	Shares
13:47:55	98.06	159
12:44:56	98.22	208
11:02:46	98.65	465

Technical analysis

Signal summary

Bearish

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

Moving averages

Moving averages and the price position
SMA 20	100.25	−2.4%	Bearish
SMA 50	104.05	−5.9%	Bearish
SMA 100	99.22	−1.4%	Bearish
SMA 200	91.89	+6.5%	Bullish
EMA 12	99.06	−1.2%	Bearish
EMA 26	100.49	−2.6%	Bearish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	40.4	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	−1.429	Below signal line	Bearish
Stochastic 14, 3	20.6	Falling	Bearish

Classic pivot points

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

102.01

101.13

100.13

Pivot

99.25

98.25

97.37

96.37

Position calculator

Shares of BOC

Consideration at KES 97.86: KES 97,860.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 2,055.06
Total cost of purchase: KES 99,915.06
Break-even selling price: KES 102.06+4.29% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 6,500.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 325.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 6,175.006.18% yield on cost

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Company profile

Supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases and welding products.

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

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