Kenya Power and Lighting Company Plc

KPLCMain Investment MarketKilele 20Kilele 25

KES15.50

−0.21−1.34%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 15.77
High: 15.77
Low: 15.33
Prev close: 15.71
VWAP: 15.55
Volume: 1.40M
Turnover: KES 21.80M
Deals: 495

Price history

KPLC chart

Hover or use the arrow keys to read each session. Long ranges switch to weekly candles.

Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +55.47%

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: +28.5%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 42.6%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 0.41; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: 0.61; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.90; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: +11.8%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.37; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −30.2%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −3.95%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −5.26%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.02; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: 0.11; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 50.8%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +6.77%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −9.18%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.136%, standard deviation 2.69%. 2 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

KPLC against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.90. R squared 0.13.

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

KPLC performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	KPLC	Energy and Petroleum	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+2.04%	+2.10%	+0.62%	+1.42% percentage points
1 month	+19.78%	+1.75%	+0.02%	+19.77% percentage points
3 months	+25.61%	+8.07%	−0.63%	+26.24% percentage points
6 months	+55.47%	+30.18%	+0.58%	+54.89% percentage points
Year to date	+57.20%	+38.69%	+15.61%	+41.59% percentage points
12 months	+28.52%	+13.39%	+14.98%	+13.55% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session1.40M shares

Buyer initiated: 580,392
Seller initiated: 821,208
Imbalance: −17.2%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet −KES 15.50M, gross 666.67M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

Dividends and corporate actions
Action	KES per share	Books close	Payment	Status
Final dividend	0.80	11 Dec 2026	29 Jan 2027	Register open

Comparables

Peers in Energy and Petroleum

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
KEGNKenGen Plc	7.90	−1.25%	KES 52.10B	7.9x	8.23%	+14.3%
TOTLTotalEnergies Marketing Kenya Plc	31.71	−2.37%	KES 19.96B	6.2x	6.05%	−5.5%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 30.25BRank 15 of 47
Shares in issue: 1.95B
Earnings per share: KES 12.40
Price to earnings: 1.3x
Dividend per share: KES 0.80
Dividend yield: 5.16%
Payout ratio: 6%
Earnings yield: 80.0%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 2.13M
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 31.22M
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.90
Volatility, 12 months: 42.6%

52-week range89% of range

9.1516.29

Order book

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

Spread: 0.01 (0.06%)
Mid price: 15.505
Imbalance: +23% bids

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

359,326 shares bid193,487 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in KPLC
Time	Price	Shares
14:58:55	15.48	1,352
14:58:35	15.49	898
14:57:34	15.48	1,016
14:57:08	15.46	3,254
14:57:08	15.47	680
14:56:45	15.48	2,533
14:56:37	15.48	1,210
14:56:28	15.46	19,766
14:56:22	15.45	13,751
14:55:54	15.45	1,323
14:53:50	15.46	450
14:53:15	15.46	2,138
14:52:44	15.46	880
14:52:11	15.46	7,424

Technical analysis

Signal summary

Bullish

6 bullish, 1 neutral and 2 bearish readings from moving averages and oscillators.

Moving averages

Moving averages and the price position
SMA 20	15.21	+1.9%	Bullish
SMA 50	14.13	+9.7%	Bullish
SMA 100	12.88	+20.3%	Bullish
SMA 200	11.58	+33.9%	Bullish
EMA 12	15.38	+0.8%	Bullish
EMA 26	14.88	+4.1%	Bullish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	58.4	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	0.493	Below signal line	Bearish
Stochastic 14, 3	42.8	Falling	Bearish

Classic pivot points

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

16.30

16.06

15.88

Pivot

15.64

15.46

15.22

15.04

Position calculator

Shares of KPLC

Consideration at KES 15.50: KES 15,500.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 325.50
Total cost of purchase: KES 15,825.50
Break-even selling price: KES 16.16+4.29% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 800.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 40.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 760.004.80% 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

National electricity transmission and distribution utility serving millions of homes and businesses.

Headquarters: Nairobi
Sector: Energy and Petroleum
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: KPLC

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