KenGen Plc

KEGNMain Investment MarketKilele 20Kilele 25

KES8.02

+0.31+4.02%

Live

Open: 7.87
High: 8.19
Low: 7.86
Prev close: 7.71
VWAP: 8.00
Volume: 5.66M
Turnover: KES 45.30M
Deals: 1,343

Price history

KEGN chart

Hover or use the arrow keys to read each session. Long ranges switch to weekly candles.

Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +33.67%

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: +17.9%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 40.3%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 0.22; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: 0.32; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.85; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: +1.5%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.36; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −33.0%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −3.85%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −5.09%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.02; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: 0.09; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 50.4%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +6.92%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −7.45%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.098%, standard deviation 2.54%. 2 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

KEGN against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.84. R squared 0.13.

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

KEGN performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	KEGN	Energy and Petroleum	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+6.65%	+3.64%	+3.34%	+3.31% percentage points
1 month	−5.42%	+1.52%	+1.73%	−7.16% percentage points
3 months	+6.65%	+7.36%	+0.14%	+6.51% percentage points
6 months	+33.67%	+32.16%	+1.83%	+31.84% percentage points
Year to date	+41.45%	+40.86%	+17.32%	+24.13% percentage points
12 months	+17.94%	+15.15%	+17.67%	+0.27% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session5.66M shares

Buyer initiated: 3,773,298
Seller initiated: 1,886,868
Imbalance: +33.3%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet −KES 14.05M, gross 469.88M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

Dividends and corporate actions
Action	KES per share	Books close	Payment	Status
Final dividend	0.65	4 Dec 2026	26 Feb 2027	Register open

Comparables

Peers in Energy and Petroleum

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
KPLCKenya Power and Lighting Company Plc	15.64	+0.45%	KES 30.52B	1.3x	5.12%	+27.2%
TOTLTotalEnergies Marketing Kenya Plc	32.56	−1.36%	KES 20.50B	6.4x	5.90%	−4.2%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 52.89BRank 11 of 47
Shares in issue: 6.59B
Earnings per share: KES 1.00
Price to earnings: 8.0x
Dividend per share: KES 0.65
Dividend yield: 8.10%
Payout ratio: 65%
Earnings yield: 12.5%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 2.29M
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 19.36M
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.85
Volatility, 12 months: 40.3%

52-week range68% of range

4.819.52

Order book

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

Spread: 0.02 (0.25%)
Mid price: 8.020
Imbalance: +22% bids

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

266,588 shares bid277,138 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in KEGN
Time	Price	Shares
14:13:14	8.02	2,247
14:13:13	8.02	1,616
14:13:07	8.03	3,652
14:12:59	8.03	7,553
14:12:29	8.02	1,221
14:12:24	8.01	627
14:12:13	8.02	1,918
14:12:03	8.02	3,027
14:10:03	8.02	1,890
14:09:44	8.03	6,036
14:09:31	8.02	2,496
14:09:29	8.03	4,099
14:08:53	8.03	7,779
14:08:50	8.02	4,946

Technical analysis

Signal summary

Neutral

4 bullish, 1 neutral and 4 bearish readings from moving averages and oscillators.

Moving averages

Moving averages and the price position
SMA 20	8.24	−2.7%	Bearish
SMA 50	8.67	−7.5%	Bearish
SMA 100	7.90	+1.5%	Bullish
SMA 200	6.74	+19.1%	Bullish
EMA 12	7.86	+2.0%	Bullish
EMA 26	8.17	−1.8%	Bearish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	46.3	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	−0.307	Below signal line	Bearish
Stochastic 14, 3	35.9	Rising	Bullish

Classic pivot points

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

8.45

8.16

7.94

Pivot

7.65

7.43

7.14

6.92

Position calculator

Shares of KEGN

Consideration at KES 8.02: KES 8,020.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 168.42
Total cost of purchase: KES 8,188.42
Break-even selling price: KES 8.36+4.29% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 650.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 32.50
Annual dividend, net: KES 617.507.54% 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

Kenya's leading electricity generator, with hydro, geothermal, wind and thermal power plants.

Headquarters: Nairobi
Sector: Energy and Petroleum
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: KEGN

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