Limuru Tea Plc

LIMTAlternative Investment Market

KES404.50

−7.50−1.82%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 408.00
High: 408.00
Low: 400.75
Prev close: 412.00
VWAP: 404.64
Volume: 111
Turnover: KES 44.9K
Deals: 1

Price history

LIMT chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +9.99%

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: +0.1%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 23.0%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: −0.33; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: −0.46; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.38; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: −10.0%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.29; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −14.9%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −2.31%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −3.02%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.15; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: 0.39; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 48.8%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +4.51%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −5.40%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.011%, standard deviation 1.45%. 3 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

LIMT against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.38. R squared 0.08.

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

LIMT performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	LIMT	Agricultural	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	−1.88%	+1.07%	+0.62%	−2.50% percentage points
1 month	+2.15%	+4.78%	+0.02%	+2.13% percentage points
3 months	+5.96%	+7.17%	−0.63%	+6.59% percentage points
6 months	+9.99%	+2.96%	+0.58%	+9.41% percentage points
Year to date	+10.22%	+17.96%	+15.61%	−5.40% percentage points
12 months	+0.06%	+17.21%	+14.98%	−14.91% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session111 shares

Buyer initiated: 29
Seller initiated: 82
Imbalance: −47.7%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet +KES 1,824, gross 243.8K

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

No corporate actions on record.

Comparables

Peers in Agricultural

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
KUKZKakuzi Plc	356.00	−1.39%	KES 6.98B	17.0x	6.74%	+6.0%
WTKWilliamson Tea Kenya Plc	267.00	−0.47%	KES 4.68B	5.1x	9.36%	+46.1%
SASNSasini Plc	15.36	−1.16%	KES 3.50B	14.0x	6.51%	+17.4%
KAPCKapchorua Tea Kenya Plc	286.75	−0.61%	KES 2.24B	6.0x	8.72%	+16.4%
EGADEaagads Ltd	13.12	−2.24%	KES 421.90M	15.4x	-	+13.4%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 970.80MRank 39 of 47
Shares in issue: 2.40M
Earnings per share: KES 6.00
Price to earnings: 67.4x
Dividend per share: KES 1.00
Dividend yield: 0.25%
Payout ratio: 17%
Earnings yield: 1.5%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 99
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 39.5K
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.38
Volatility, 12 months: 23.0%

52-week range73% of range

342.00427.75

Order book

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

Spread: 1.00 (0.25%)
Mid price: 404.500
Imbalance: −8% offers

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

577 shares bid725 shares offered

Time and sales

No trades yet this session.

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	409.24	−1.2%	Bearish
SMA 50	393.69	+2.7%	Bullish
SMA 100	388.55	+4.1%	Bullish
SMA 200	378.69	+6.8%	Bullish
EMA 12	407.74	−0.8%	Bearish
EMA 26	403.31	+0.3%	Bullish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	51.2	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	4.425	Below signal line	Bearish
Stochastic 14, 3	23.8	Falling	Bearish

Classic pivot points

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

422.33

418.17

415.08

Pivot

410.92

407.83

403.67

400.58

Position calculator

Shares of LIMT

Consideration at KES 404.50: KES 404,500.00
Fees and levies (1.84%): KES 7,442.80
Total cost of purchase: KES 411,942.80
Break-even selling price: KES 419.66+3.75% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 1,000.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 50.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 950.000.23% yield on cost

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Company profile

Tea grower with estates in the Limuru highlands.

Headquarters: Limuru
Sector: Agricultural
Market segment: Alternative Investment Market
Ticker: LIMT

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