East African Breweries Plc

EABLMain Investment MarketKilele 20Kilele 25

KES245.00

−6.25−2.49%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 250.00
High: 250.25
Low: 243.25
Prev close: 251.25
VWAP: 246.73
Volume: 121.7K
Turnover: KES 30.03M
Deals: 997

Price history

EABL chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +6.52%

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: +20.5%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 28.2%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 0.39; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: 0.57; 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: +7.0%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.40; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −23.6%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −2.54%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −3.44%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.18; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: 1.27; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 50.4%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +5.41%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −7.89%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.090%, standard deviation 1.78%. 1 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

EABL against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.65. R squared 0.16.

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

EABL performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	EABL	Manufacturing and Allied	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+1.66%	+1.61%	+0.62%	+1.04% percentage points
1 month	+1.98%	+2.00%	+0.02%	+1.96% percentage points
3 months	+10.11%	+9.61%	−0.63%	+10.74% percentage points
6 months	+6.52%	+7.01%	+0.58%	+5.94% percentage points
Year to date	+49.62%	+47.24%	+15.61%	+34.00% percentage points
12 months	+20.54%	+21.37%	+14.98%	+5.57% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session121.7K shares

Buyer initiated: 46,007
Seller initiated: 75,693
Imbalance: −24.4%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet +KES 47.88M, gross 994.07M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

Dividends and corporate actions
Action	KES per share	Books close	Payment	Status
Final dividend	5.50	25 Sep 2026	30 Oct 2026	Awaiting payment

Comparables

Peers in Manufacturing and Allied

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
BATBritish American Tobacco Kenya Plc	483.50	−0.31%	KES 48.35B	10.9x	10.34%	+28.3%
CARBCarbacid Investments Plc	24.81	−0.96%	KES 6.32B	6.1x	6.85%	+12.3%
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 193.74BRank 3 of 47
Shares in issue: 790.77M
Earnings per share: KES 15.60
Price to earnings: 15.7x
Dividend per share: KES 8.00
Dividend yield: 3.27%
Payout ratio: 51%
Earnings yield: 6.4%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 162.6K
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 39.55M
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.65
Volatility, 12 months: 28.2%

52-week range83% of range

162.75262.00

Order book

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

Spread: 0.50 (0.20%)
Mid price: 245.000
Imbalance: +1% bids

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

21,130 shares bid24,005 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in EABL
Time	Price	Shares
14:59:51	245.00	42
14:59:26	244.75	51
14:59:00	245.00	131
14:57:45	244.75	199
14:57:44	244.50	220
14:57:09	244.75	51
14:56:58	245.00	478
14:56:49	245.00	100
14:56:46	244.50	278
14:56:23	244.75	54
14:56:00	244.25	97
14:55:52	244.50	104
14:55:45	244.25	62
14:55:30	244.50	40

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	243.82	+0.5%	Bullish
SMA 50	244.88	0.0%	Bullish
SMA 100	231.85	+5.7%	Bullish
SMA 200	224.22	+9.3%	Bullish
EMA 12	244.43	+0.2%	Bullish
EMA 26	243.57	+0.6%	Bullish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	51.7	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	0.860	Above signal line	Bullish
Stochastic 14, 3	55.1	Falling	Bearish

Classic pivot points

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

255.42

254.58

252.92

Pivot

252.08

250.42

249.58

247.92

Position calculator

Shares of EABL

Consideration at KES 245.00: KES 245,000.00
Fees and levies (1.84%): KES 4,508.00
Total cost of purchase: KES 249,508.00
Break-even selling price: KES 254.19+3.75% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 8,000.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 400.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 7,600.003.05% 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

Brewer and distiller behind Tusker, with operations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and a subsidiary of Diageo.

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

Announcements

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