HF Group Plc

HFCKMain Investment MarketKilele 20Kilele 25

KES9.58

−0.12−1.24%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 9.70
High: 9.73
Low: 9.44
Prev close: 9.70
VWAP: 9.59
Volume: 691.4K
Turnover: KES 6.63M
Deals: 165

Price history

HFCK chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +35.12%

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: +1.6%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 42.9%; 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: −0.19; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.70; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: −10.4%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.28; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −40.0%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −4.74%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −5.89%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.24; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: 0.59; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 52.0%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +6.77%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −9.66%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.043%, standard deviation 2.69%. 1 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

HFCK against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.70. R squared 0.08.

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

HFCK performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	HFCK	Banking	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+4.93%	+0.53%	+0.62%	+4.31% percentage points
1 month	+13.11%	+0.18%	+0.02%	+13.09% percentage points
3 months	+25.23%	+2.56%	−0.63%	+25.86% percentage points
6 months	+35.12%	+1.92%	+0.58%	+34.54% percentage points
Year to date	−7.35%	+7.46%	+15.61%	−22.96% percentage points
12 months	+1.59%	+8.38%	+14.98%	−13.39% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session691.4K shares

Buyer initiated: 320,198
Seller initiated: 371,202
Imbalance: −7.4%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet −KES 661.7K, gross 101.18M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

No corporate actions on record.

Comparables

Peers in Banking

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
EQTYEquity Group Holdings Plc	53.76	−3.05%	KES 202.87B	4.2x	7.91%	+7.6%
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%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 14.73BRank 19 of 47
Shares in issue: 1.54B
Earnings per share: KES 0.92
Price to earnings: 10.4x
Dividend per share: None declared
Dividend yield: -
Payout ratio: 0%
Earnings yield: 9.6%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 637.9K
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 5.67M
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.70
Volatility, 12 months: 42.9%

52-week range61% of range

6.7211.39

Order book

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

Spread: 0.02 (0.21%)
Mid price: 9.580
Imbalance: +17% bids

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

65,699 shares bid55,140 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in HFCK
Time	Price	Shares
14:55:18	9.58	4,532
14:53:46	9.57	4,761
14:53:25	9.55	1,675
14:51:26	9.55	999
14:51:25	9.53	1,318
14:48:07	9.54	4,639
14:47:56	9.53	5,320
14:46:54	9.52	2,035
14:46:15	9.52	406
14:45:00	9.52	750
14:43:03	9.53	949
14:36:17	9.51	1,704
14:35:30	9.49	4,863
14:35:18	9.49	5,080

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	9.12	+5.1%	Bullish
SMA 50	8.94	+7.1%	Bullish
SMA 100	8.57	+11.7%	Bullish
SMA 200	8.75	+9.5%	Bullish
EMA 12	9.27	+3.3%	Bullish
EMA 26	9.09	+5.4%	Bullish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	60.7	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	0.187	Above signal line	Bullish
Stochastic 14, 3	80.5	Overbought	Bearish

Classic pivot points

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

10.30

10.06

9.88

Pivot

9.64

9.46

9.22

9.04

Position calculator

Shares of HFCK

Consideration at KES 9.58: KES 9,580.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 201.18
Total cost of purchase: KES 9,781.18
Break-even selling price: KES 9.99+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

Financial services group with roots in housing finance, offering banking, property development and bancassurance.

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

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