Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ltd

SCBKMain Investment MarketKilele 20Kilele 25

KES294.75

+1.25+0.43%

Live

Open: 294.00
High: 295.00
Low: 291.50
Prev close: 293.50
VWAP: 293.21
Volume: 13.8K
Turnover: KES 4.05M
Deals: 106

Price history

SCBK 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 +2.43%

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: +13.5%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 19.1%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 0.26; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: 0.38; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.57; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: +0.1%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.52; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −18.0%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −1.89%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −2.36%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.07; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: −0.29; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 48.4%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +3.02%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −3.11%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.057%, standard deviation 1.20%. 3 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

SCBK against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.57. R squared 0.27.

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

SCBK performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	SCBK	Banking	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+3.42%	+1.53%	+3.34%	+0.08% percentage points
1 month	+8.36%	+1.22%	+1.73%	+6.63% percentage points
3 months	−6.58%	+2.89%	+0.14%	−6.72% percentage points
6 months	+2.43%	+2.21%	+1.83%	+0.61% percentage points
Year to date	+10.60%	+9.00%	+17.32%	−6.72% percentage points
12 months	+13.47%	+11.01%	+17.67%	−4.20% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session13.8K shares

Buyer initiated: 8,304
Seller initiated: 5,519
Imbalance: +20.1%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet −KES 23.93M, gross 267.52M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

Dividends and corporate actions
Action	KES per share	Books close	Payment	Status
Interim dividend	8.00	24 Sep 2026	23 Oct 2026	Awaiting payment

Comparables

Peers in Banking

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
EQTYEquity Group Holdings Plc	55.48	+0.29%	KES 209.36B	4.3x	7.66%	+14.0%
KCBKCB Group Plc	52.96	+2.70%	KES 170.18B	2.8x	5.66%	+5.0%
NCBANCBA Group Plc	77.03	+0.73%	KES 126.91B	5.7x	7.14%	+21.6%
COOPCo-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd	20.87	+2.71%	KES 122.45B	5.1x	7.19%	+4.4%
ABSAAbsa Bank Kenya Plc	21.33	−0.74%	KES 115.85B	6.4x	8.20%	+9.7%
SBICStanbic Holdings Plc	182.25	−0.14%	KES 72.05B	5.3x	11.38%	+6.9%
IMHI&M Group Plc	40.14	+0.63%	KES 66.38B	5.0x	7.47%	+4.8%
DTKDiamond Trust Bank Kenya Ltd	116.00	+0.43%	KES 32.43B	3.8x	6.03%	+43.8%
HFCKHF Group Plc	9.63	+1.26%	KES 14.81B	10.5x	-	+5.1%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 111.38BRank 8 of 47
Shares in issue: 377.87M
Earnings per share: KES 46.50
Price to earnings: 6.3x
Dividend per share: KES 45.00
Dividend yield: 15.27%
Payout ratio: 97%
Earnings yield: 15.8%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 39.7K
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 11.06M
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.57
Volatility, 12 months: 19.1%

52-week range63% of range

247.50323.00

Order book

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

Spread: 0.25 (0.08%)
Mid price: 294.875
Imbalance: −4% offers

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

4,166 shares bid3,835 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in SCBK
Time	Price	Shares
14:13:26	295.00	82
14:05:43	294.75	348
14:03:48	294.75	96
14:02:07	294.75	30
14:00:47	294.25	97
13:54:07	294.50	117
13:52:57	294.00	62
13:51:48	294.25	18
13:47:21	294.00	12
13:46:35	294.00	145
13:44:59	293.75	93
13:43:14	294.00	20
13:34:59	293.25	275
13:33:26	293.50	61

Technical analysis

Signal summary

Bullish

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

Moving averages

Moving averages and the price position
SMA 20	284.86	+3.5%	Bullish
SMA 50	285.36	+3.3%	Bullish
SMA 100	295.77	−0.3%	Bearish
SMA 200	290.52	+1.5%	Bullish
EMA 12	287.45	+2.5%	Bullish
EMA 26	285.15	+3.4%	Bullish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	64.4	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	2.296	Above signal line	Bullish
Stochastic 14, 3	96.1	Overbought	Bearish

Classic pivot points

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

299.17

297.33

295.42

Pivot

293.58

291.67

289.83

287.92

Position calculator

Shares of SCBK

Consideration at KES 294.75: KES 294,750.00
Fees and levies (1.84%): KES 5,423.40
Total cost of purchase: KES 300,173.40
Break-even selling price: KES 305.80+3.75% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 45,000.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 2,250.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 42,750.0014.24% 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

Kenyan subsidiary of Standard Chartered, focused on corporate, commercial and affluent banking.

Headquarters: Nairobi
Sector: Banking
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: SCBK

Announcements

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19 Oct 2026Corporate actionSCBK
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ltd: interim dividend payment