East African Portland Cement Plc

PORTMain Investment Market

KES48.25

+2.80+6.16%

Closing price, Thursday 22 October 2026

Open: 45.75
High: 48.25
Low: 44.94
Prev close: 45.45
VWAP: 46.28
Volume: 19.0K
Turnover: KES 879.4K
Deals: 12

Price history

PORT chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change −19.50%

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: +14.7%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 42.3%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 0.14; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: 0.21; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.65; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: +0.6%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.27; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −36.2%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −4.15%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −5.11%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: 0.07; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: −0.09; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 52.0%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +7.09%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −7.69%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.090%, standard deviation 2.67%. 2 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

PORT against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.66. R squared 0.07.

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

PORT performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	PORT	Construction and Allied	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+3.56%	+4.25%	+3.08%	+0.48% percentage points
1 month	+18.29%	+15.33%	+1.48%	+16.81% percentage points
3 months	−5.04%	+1.99%	−0.11%	−4.93% percentage points
6 months	−19.50%	−4.98%	+1.57%	−21.07% percentage points
Year to date	+25.49%	+29.95%	+17.02%	+8.47% percentage points
12 months	+14.69%	+17.79%	+17.37%	−2.69% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session19.0K shares

Buyer initiated: 12,439
Seller initiated: 6,561
Imbalance: +30.9%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet +KES 293.4K, gross 4.67M

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
CRWNCrown Paints Kenya Plc	37.39	+2.41%	KES 5.32B	17.8x	10.70%	+21.6%
CABLEast African Cables Plc	1.64	+5.13%	KES 415.13M	n/m	-	+5.8%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 4.34BRank 29 of 47
Shares in issue: 90.00M
Earnings per share: KES 13.50
Price to earnings: 3.6x
Dividend per share: None declared
Dividend yield: -
Payout ratio: 0%
Earnings yield: 28.0%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 8,657
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 381.6K
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.65
Volatility, 12 months: 42.3%

52-week range42% of range

37.2963.54

Order book

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

Spread: 0.05 (0.10%)
Mid price: 48.255
Imbalance: −8% offers

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

1,032 shares bid1,725 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in PORT
Time	Price	Shares
14:28:57	47.49	191
13:49:01	46.48	885
13:16:33	46.31	963
13:00:05	46.15	4,421
11:52:02	45.15	1,999
11:40:53	45.06	102
11:30:29	45.06	3,006
11:27:33	45.02	2,682
11:15:59	45.01	791
10:59:39	45.28	520
10:57:47	45.34	754
10:50:53	45.54	252
10:47:45	45.51	3,286
10:19:15	45.48	812

Technical analysis

Signal summary

Bullish

5 bullish, 1 neutral and 3 bearish readings from moving averages and oscillators.

Moving averages

Moving averages and the price position
SMA 20	45.09	+7.0%	Bullish
SMA 50	45.79	+5.4%	Bullish
SMA 100	49.84	−3.2%	Bearish
SMA 200	49.87	−3.2%	Bearish
EMA 12	46.02	+4.8%	Bullish
EMA 26	45.54	+6.0%	Bullish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	59.5	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	0.479	Above signal line	Bullish
Stochastic 14, 3	100.0	Overbought	Bearish

Classic pivot points

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

49.18

48.09

46.77

Pivot

45.68

44.36

43.27

41.95

Position calculator

Shares of PORT

Consideration at KES 48.25: KES 48,250.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 1,013.25
Total cost of purchase: KES 49,263.25
Break-even selling price: KES 50.32+4.29% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 0.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 0.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 0.00

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

Cement manufacturer with a production plant at Athi River.

Headquarters: Athi River
Sector: Construction and Allied
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: PORT

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