Car and General (Kenya) Plc

CGENMain Investment Market

KES23.47

−0.45−1.88%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 23.86
High: 23.95
Low: 23.33
Prev close: 23.92
VWAP: 23.61
Volume: 2,406
Turnover: KES 56.8K
Deals: 1

Price history

CGEN chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +4.96%

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: +13.8%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 30.6%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 0.17; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: 0.24; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.41; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: +2.7%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.23; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −20.2%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −3.31%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −4.44%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.52; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: 2.15; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 54.0%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +6.20%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −8.96%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.070%, standard deviation 1.92%. 2 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

CGEN against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.40. R squared 0.05.

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

CGEN performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	CGEN	Automobiles and Accessories	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	−1.18%	−1.18%	+0.62%	−1.80% percentage points
1 month	−12.13%	−12.13%	+0.02%	−12.15% percentage points
3 months	−5.10%	−5.10%	−0.63%	−4.47% percentage points
6 months	+4.96%	+4.96%	+0.58%	+4.38% percentage points
Year to date	+14.60%	+14.60%	+15.61%	−1.01% percentage points
12 months	+13.77%	+13.77%	+14.98%	−1.21% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session2,406 shares

Buyer initiated: 883
Seller initiated: 1,523
Imbalance: −26.6%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet +KES 27.6K, gross 428.5K

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

No corporate actions on record.

Comparables

Peers in Automobiles and Accessories

This company is the only listing in its sector.

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 1.88BRank 35 of 47
Shares in issue: 80.21M
Earnings per share: KES 6.20
Price to earnings: 3.8x
Dividend per share: KES 1.60
Dividend yield: 6.82%
Payout ratio: 26%
Earnings yield: 26.4%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 1,978
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 49.5K
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.41
Volatility, 12 months: 30.6%

52-week range45% of range

18.4629.57

Order book

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

Spread: 0.03 (0.13%)
Mid price: 23.475
Imbalance: +11% bids

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

704 shares bid933 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in CGEN
Time	Price	Shares
14:57:09	23.45	2,122
13:02:18	23.44	463
12:24:42	23.58	467

Technical analysis

Signal summary

Bearish

2 bullish, 1 neutral and 6 bearish readings from moving averages and oscillators.

Moving averages

Moving averages and the price position
SMA 20	24.34	−3.6%	Bearish
SMA 50	26.06	−9.9%	Bearish
SMA 100	25.79	−9.0%	Bearish
SMA 200	23.79	−1.4%	Bearish
EMA 12	24.06	−2.5%	Bearish
EMA 26	24.69	−4.9%	Bearish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	36.6	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	−0.627	Above signal line	Bullish
Stochastic 14, 3	8.9	Oversold	Bullish

Classic pivot points

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

24.18

24.13

24.02

Pivot

23.97

23.86

23.81

23.70

Position calculator

Shares of CGEN

Consideration at KES 23.47: KES 23,470.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 492.87
Total cost of purchase: KES 23,962.87
Break-even selling price: KES 24.48+4.29% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 1,600.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 80.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 1,520.006.34% yield on cost

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Company profile

Distributor of motorcycles, three-wheelers, marine engines and power equipment.

Headquarters: Nairobi
Sector: Automobiles and Accessories
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: CGEN

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