Carbacid Investments Plc

CARBMain Investment MarketKilele 25

KES24.81

−0.24−0.96%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 24.96
High: 25.01
Low: 24.72
Prev close: 25.05
VWAP: 24.86
Volume: 21.0K
Turnover: KES 522.1K
Deals: 14

Price history

CARB chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +14.97%

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: +12.3%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 26.4%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 0.15; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: 0.22; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.53; 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: 0.35; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −13.8%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −2.44%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −3.15%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: 0.21; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: 0.50; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 50.4%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +6.82%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −4.60%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.060%, standard deviation 1.66%. 3 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

CARB against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.53. R squared 0.12.

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

CARB performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	CARB	Manufacturing and Allied	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+4.20%	+1.61%	+0.62%	+3.58% percentage points
1 month	+10.61%	+2.00%	+0.02%	+10.59% percentage points
3 months	+3.29%	+9.61%	−0.63%	+3.92% percentage points
6 months	+14.97%	+7.01%	+0.58%	+14.39% percentage points
Year to date	+13.60%	+47.24%	+15.61%	−2.02% percentage points
12 months	+12.26%	+21.37%	+14.98%	−2.71% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session21.0K shares

Buyer initiated: 6,950
Seller initiated: 14,050
Imbalance: −33.8%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet −KES 35.3K, gross 9.74M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

No corporate actions on record.

Comparables

Peers in Manufacturing and Allied

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
EABLEast African Breweries Plc	245.00	−2.49%	KES 193.74B	15.7x	3.27%	+20.5%
BATBritish American Tobacco Kenya Plc	483.50	−0.31%	KES 48.35B	10.9x	10.34%	+28.3%
BOCBOC Kenya Plc	97.86	−1.28%	KES 1.91B	9.6x	6.64%	+8.2%
UNGAUnga Group Plc	13.54	−0.59%	KES 1.03B	n/m	-	−18.2%
FTGHFlame Tree Group Holdings Ltd	1.35	−2.17%	KES 240.37M	27.0x	-	+1.5%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 6.32BRank 24 of 47
Shares in issue: 254.85M
Earnings per share: KES 4.05
Price to earnings: 6.1x
Dividend per share: KES 1.70
Dividend yield: 6.85%
Payout ratio: 42%
Earnings yield: 16.3%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 31.3K
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 738.8K
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.53
Volatility, 12 months: 26.4%

52-week range88% of range

19.5225.52

Order book

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

Spread: 0.01 (0.04%)
Mid price: 24.815
Imbalance: −6% offers

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

2,714 shares bid3,757 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in CARB
Time	Price	Shares
14:50:36	24.72	1,581
14:18:51	24.85	725
14:02:50	24.86	831
13:07:56	24.93	202
12:40:16	25.00	523
11:32:42	24.96	1,444
11:19:41	24.95	720
11:09:26	24.82	822
10:58:55	24.86	527
09:52:45	24.92	348
09:39:21	24.91	848

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	24.19	+2.6%	Bullish
SMA 50	23.59	+5.2%	Bullish
SMA 100	23.55	+5.3%	Bullish
SMA 200	22.48	+10.4%	Bullish
EMA 12	24.46	+1.4%	Bullish
EMA 26	24.04	+3.2%	Bullish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	60.3	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	0.418	Above signal line	Bullish
Stochastic 14, 3	67.2	Falling	Bearish

Classic pivot points

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

25.45

25.30

25.18

Pivot

25.03

24.91

24.76

24.64

Position calculator

Shares of CARB

Consideration at KES 24.81: KES 24,810.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 521.01
Total cost of purchase: KES 25,331.01
Break-even selling price: KES 25.87+4.29% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 1,700.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 85.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 1,615.006.38% 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

Producer of carbon dioxide gas for the beverage, food and industrial sectors.

Headquarters: Nairobi
Sector: Manufacturing and Allied
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: CARB

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