Equity Group Holdings Plc

EQTYMain Investment MarketKilele 20Kilele 25

KES53.76

−1.69−3.05%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 54.78
High: 54.99
Low: 53.51
Prev close: 55.45
VWAP: 54.20
Volume: 1.98M
Turnover: KES 107.33M
Deals: 3,480

Price history

EQTY chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +3.72%

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: +7.6%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 27.5%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: −0.01; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: −0.01; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.77; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: −5.1%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.48; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −19.6%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −2.62%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −3.04%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: 0.20; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: −0.13; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 49.2%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +5.47%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −5.29%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.044%, standard deviation 1.74%. 2 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

EQTY against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.76. R squared 0.23.

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

EQTY performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	EQTY	Banking	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	−2.24%	+0.53%	+0.62%	−2.86% percentage points
1 month	−5.27%	+0.18%	+0.02%	−5.29% percentage points
3 months	+4.96%	+2.56%	−0.63%	+5.59% percentage points
6 months	+3.72%	+1.92%	+0.58%	+3.14% percentage points
Year to date	−4.36%	+7.46%	+15.61%	−19.97% percentage points
12 months	+7.65%	+8.38%	+14.98%	−7.33% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session1.98M shares

Buyer initiated: 729,139
Seller initiated: 1,251,061
Imbalance: −26.4%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet +KES 115.11M, gross 1.64B

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

Dividends and corporate actions
Action	KES per share	Books close	Payment	Status
Final dividend	4.25	27 May 2026	26 Jun 2026	Paid

Comparables

Peers in Banking

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
KCBKCB Group Plc	52.34	−1.49%	KES 168.19B	2.7x	5.73%	+4.9%
NCBANCBA Group Plc	74.93	−2.50%	KES 123.45B	5.6x	7.34%	+19.0%
COOPCo-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd	20.84	−0.10%	KES 122.27B	5.1x	7.20%	+3.0%
ABSAAbsa Bank Kenya Plc	21.38	−0.70%	KES 116.13B	6.4x	8.19%	+6.3%
SCBKStandard Chartered Bank Kenya Ltd	293.50	−0.59%	KES 110.90B	6.3x	15.33%	+13.6%
SBICStanbic Holdings Plc	179.00	−0.97%	KES 70.76B	5.2x	11.59%	+3.9%
IMHI&M Group Plc	39.88	−0.47%	KES 65.95B	4.9x	7.52%	+2.7%
DTKDiamond Trust Bank Kenya Ltd	114.00	−1.94%	KES 31.87B	3.8x	6.14%	+40.5%
HFCKHF Group Plc	9.58	−1.24%	KES 14.73B	10.4x	-	+1.6%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 202.87BRank 2 of 47
Shares in issue: 3.77B
Earnings per share: KES 12.80
Price to earnings: 4.2x
Dividend per share: KES 4.25
Dividend yield: 7.91%
Payout ratio: 33%
Earnings yield: 23.8%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 1.13M
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 63.26M
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.77
Volatility, 12 months: 27.5%

52-week range32% of range

49.3663.12

Order book

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

Spread: 0.01 (0.02%)
Mid price: 53.765
Imbalance: +4% bids

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

171,838 shares bid191,204 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in EQTY
Time	Price	Shares
14:59:56	53.75	89
14:59:32	53.75	405
14:59:23	53.74	359
14:59:19	53.75	1,051
14:59:18	53.74	596
14:59:12	53.73	2,024
14:59:00	53.74	202
14:59:00	53.73	110
14:58:57	53.73	163
14:58:57	53.74	631
14:58:55	53.73	395
14:58:41	53.72	180
14:58:41	53.71	836
14:58:40	53.72	108

Technical analysis

Signal summary

Bearish

1 bullish, 1 neutral and 7 bearish readings from moving averages and oscillators.

Moving averages

Moving averages and the price position
SMA 20	56.02	−4.0%	Bearish
SMA 50	56.30	−4.5%	Bearish
SMA 100	56.17	−4.3%	Bearish
SMA 200	56.67	−5.1%	Bearish
EMA 12	55.23	−2.7%	Bearish
EMA 26	55.66	−3.4%	Bearish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	40.7	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	−0.436	Below signal line	Bearish
Stochastic 14, 3	5.8	Oversold	Bullish

Classic pivot points

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

57.45

56.59

56.02

Pivot

55.16

54.59

53.73

53.16

Position calculator

Shares of EQTY

Consideration at KES 53.76: KES 53,760.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 1,128.96
Total cost of purchase: KES 54,888.96
Break-even selling price: KES 56.07+4.29% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 4,250.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 212.50
Annual dividend, net: KES 4,037.507.36% 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

Pan-African financial services group serving millions of customers through banking subsidiaries in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and the DRC.

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

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