Crown Paints Kenya Plc

CRWNMain Investment MarketKilele 25

KES37.39

+0.88+2.41%

Closing price, Thursday 22 October 2026

Open: 36.73
High: 37.40
Low: 36.64
Prev close: 36.51
VWAP: 37.03
Volume: 4,203
Turnover: KES 155.7K
Deals: 5

Price history

CRWN chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +8.06%

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: +21.6%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 28.0%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 0.43; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: 0.62; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.51; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: +7.7%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.31; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −16.8%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −2.84%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −3.40%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.01; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: −0.04; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 54.0%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +5.73%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −5.05%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.093%, standard deviation 1.76%. 2 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

CRWN against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.51. R squared 0.10.

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

CRWN performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	CRWN	Construction and Allied	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+4.70%	+4.25%	+3.08%	+1.62% percentage points
1 month	+14.55%	+15.33%	+1.48%	+13.08% percentage points
3 months	+6.19%	+1.99%	−0.11%	+6.30% percentage points
6 months	+8.06%	−4.98%	+1.57%	+6.49% percentage points
Year to date	+34.50%	+29.95%	+17.02%	+17.48% percentage points
12 months	+21.55%	+17.79%	+17.37%	+4.18% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session4,203 shares

Buyer initiated: 2,605
Seller initiated: 1,598
Imbalance: +24.0%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet +KES 195.4K, gross 2.28M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

No corporate actions on record.

Comparables

Peers in Construction and Allied

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
PORTEast African Portland Cement Plc	48.25	+6.16%	KES 4.34B	3.6x	-	+14.7%
CABLEast African Cables Plc	1.64	+5.13%	KES 415.13M	n/m	-	+5.8%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 5.32BRank 25 of 47
Shares in issue: 142.36M
Earnings per share: KES 2.10
Price to earnings: 17.8x
Dividend per share: KES 4.00
Dividend yield: 10.70%
Payout ratio: 190%
Earnings yield: 5.6%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 5,230
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 180.3K
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.51
Volatility, 12 months: 28.0%

52-week range99% of range

25.6837.45

Order book

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

Spread: 0.03 (0.08%)
Mid price: 37.395
Imbalance: +15% bids

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

649 shares bid502 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in CRWN
Time	Price	Shares
12:33:07	36.90	121
12:32:48	36.91	368
11:25:49	36.70	423
09:45:33	36.88	417
09:39:53	36.74	2,437

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	36.08	+3.6%	Bullish
SMA 50	35.05	+6.7%	Bullish
SMA 100	34.66	+7.9%	Bullish
SMA 200	33.11	+12.9%	Bullish
EMA 12	36.30	+3.0%	Bullish
EMA 26	35.71	+4.7%	Bullish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	64.2	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	0.595	Above signal line	Bullish
Stochastic 14, 3	97.7	Overbought	Bearish

Classic pivot points

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

37.65

37.28

36.89

Pivot

36.52

36.13

35.76

35.37

Position calculator

Shares of CRWN

Consideration at KES 37.39: KES 37,390.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 785.19
Total cost of purchase: KES 38,175.19
Break-even selling price: KES 38.99+4.29% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 4,000.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 200.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 3,800.009.95% 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 of decorative and industrial paints and coatings.

Headquarters: Nairobi
Sector: Construction and Allied
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: CRWN

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