Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Ltd

KNREMain Investment MarketKilele 25

KES1.87

+0.04+2.19%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 1.84
High: 1.88
Low: 1.84
Prev close: 1.83
VWAP: 1.86
Volume: 644.1K
Turnover: KES 1.20M
Deals: 29

Price history

KNRE chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change −19.40%

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: −26.1%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 40.2%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: −0.94; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: −1.26; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.95; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: −43.8%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.41; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −42.9%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −3.75%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −5.45%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.23; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: 0.91; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 44.4%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +6.97%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −10.19%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean −0.088%, standard deviation 2.52%. 2 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

KNRE against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.95. R squared 0.17.

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

KNRE performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	KNRE	Insurance	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+2.19%	+3.12%	+0.62%	+1.57% percentage points
1 month	+5.06%	+9.34%	+0.02%	+5.04% percentage points
3 months	+1.08%	+9.42%	−0.63%	+1.71% percentage points
6 months	−19.40%	+2.30%	+0.58%	−19.98% percentage points
Year to date	−26.09%	+12.89%	+15.61%	−41.70% percentage points
12 months	−26.09%	+10.25%	+14.98%	−41.06% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session644.1K shares

Buyer initiated: 466,023
Seller initiated: 178,077
Imbalance: +44.7%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet +KES 1.34M, gross 37.18M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

No corporate actions on record.

Comparables

Peers in Insurance

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
JUBJubilee Holdings Ltd	293.50	+0.51%	KES 21.27B	5.1x	4.60%	+42.6%
BRITBritam Holdings Plc	7.46	−1.19%	KES 18.83B	7.9x	-	+8.4%
CICCIC Insurance Group Ltd	2.77	−4.15%	KES 7.25B	4.5x	4.69%	−14.8%
LBTYLiberty Kenya Holdings Ltd	8.16	−0.12%	KES 4.37B	5.7x	7.35%	+20.5%
SLAMSanlam Kenya Plc	7.70	+2.39%	KES 1.11B	19.3x	-	−5.5%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 5.24BRank 26 of 47
Shares in issue: 2.80B
Earnings per share: KES 0.83
Price to earnings: 2.3x
Dividend per share: KES 0.15
Dividend yield: 8.02%
Payout ratio: 18%
Earnings yield: 44.4%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 1.43M
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 2.61M
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.95
Volatility, 12 months: 40.2%

52-week range24% of range

1.572.83

Order book

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

Spread: 0.01 (0.53%)
Mid price: 1.875
Imbalance: −13% offers

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

180,238 shares bid176,773 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in KNRE
Time	Price	Shares
14:58:44	1.87	17,331
14:50:24	1.86	4,332
14:40:41	1.87	21,154
14:29:58	1.87	10,891
14:13:08	1.86	21,042
14:01:19	1.87	6,531
13:44:26	1.87	99,858
13:40:12	1.86	52,468
13:27:16	1.85	12,393
13:26:18	1.86	10,732
13:05:24	1.85	17,730
13:00:31	1.84	10,160
12:57:32	1.84	14,912
12:31:23	1.86	20,530

Technical analysis

Signal summary

Neutral

4 bullish, 1 neutral and 4 bearish readings from moving averages and oscillators.

Moving averages

Moving averages and the price position
SMA 20	1.89	−1.3%	Bearish
SMA 50	1.85	+1.3%	Bullish
SMA 100	1.93	−2.9%	Bearish
SMA 200	2.08	−10.2%	Bearish
EMA 12	1.86	+0.7%	Bullish
EMA 26	1.86	+0.7%	Bullish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	51.3	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	0.001	Below signal line	Bearish
Stochastic 14, 3	36.4	Rising	Bullish

Classic pivot points

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

1.90

1.88

1.85

Pivot

1.83

1.80

1.78

1.75

Position calculator

Shares of KNRE

Consideration at KES 1.87: KES 1,870.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 39.27
Total cost of purchase: KES 1,909.27
Break-even selling price: KES 1.95+4.29% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 150.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 7.50
Annual dividend, net: KES 142.507.46% yield on cost

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Company profile

State-backed reinsurer underwriting life and non-life risks across Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Headquarters: Nairobi
Sector: Insurance
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: KNRE

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