Kenya Airways Plc

KQMain Investment MarketKilele 20Kilele 25

KES5.52

+0.14+2.60%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 5.38
High: 5.60
Low: 5.35
Prev close: 5.38
VWAP: 5.47
Volume: 729.5K
Turnover: KES 3.99M
Deals: 77

Price history

KQ chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +2.99%

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: −10.7%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 50.8%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: −0.37; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: −0.51; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.93; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: −24.8%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.32; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −32.1%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −5.13%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −6.63%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.22; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: 0.18; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 50.8%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +9.05%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −9.95%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.006%, standard deviation 3.19%. 3 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

KQ against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.94. R squared 0.10.

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

KQ performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	KQ	Commercial and Services	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+6.98%	+4.61%	+0.62%	+6.36% percentage points
1 month	+15.72%	+11.95%	+0.02%	+15.71% percentage points
3 months	+2.79%	+0.14%	−0.63%	+3.42% percentage points
6 months	+2.99%	−0.51%	+0.58%	+2.40% percentage points
Year to date	+3.56%	+4.41%	+15.61%	−12.05% percentage points
12 months	−10.68%	−7.94%	+14.98%	−25.66% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session729.5K shares

Buyer initiated: 508,028
Seller initiated: 221,472
Imbalance: +39.3%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet +KES 1.83M, gross 43.88M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

No corporate actions on record.

Comparables

Peers in Commercial and Services

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
NMGNation Media Group Plc	13.56	−5.24%	KES 2.81B	n/m	-	+38.8%
TPSETPS Eastern Africa Plc	11.84	0.00%	KES 2.16B	19.7x	-	+0.5%
SCANWPP Scangroup Plc	2.03	−3.33%	KES 877.28M	n/m	-	−30.2%
LKLLonghorn Publishers Plc	2.70	−0.74%	KES 735.59M	n/m	-	+4.2%
SGLStandard Group Plc	5.25	+1.16%	KES 429.09M	n/m	-	−1.9%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 31.36BRank 14 of 47
Shares in issue: 5.68B
Earnings per share: KES 0.95
Price to earnings: 5.8x
Dividend per share: None declared
Dividend yield: -
Payout ratio: 0%
Earnings yield: 17.2%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 395.4K
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 2.14M
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.93
Volatility, 12 months: 50.8%

52-week range47% of range

4.416.79

Order book

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

Spread: 0.01 (0.18%)
Mid price: 5.525
Imbalance: −17% offers

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

24,026 shares bid39,959 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in KQ
Time	Price	Shares
14:58:56	5.52	5,608
14:56:47	5.51	11,587
14:47:57	5.48	8,957
14:44:18	5.47	6,967
14:36:48	5.50	30,502
14:34:17	5.51	11,920
14:31:06	5.50	3,452
14:29:53	5.50	4,035
14:28:26	5.51	4,984
14:26:04	5.49	2,122
14:16:29	5.50	5,868
14:13:14	5.50	2,742
14:11:19	5.52	4,941
14:00:07	5.56	2,798

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	5.49	+0.5%	Bullish
SMA 50	5.59	−1.3%	Bearish
SMA 100	5.52	−0.1%	Bearish
SMA 200	5.40	+2.2%	Bullish
EMA 12	5.40	+2.3%	Bullish
EMA 26	5.44	+1.5%	Bullish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	52.2	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	−0.038	Above signal line	Bullish
Stochastic 14, 3	42.6	Rising	Bullish

Classic pivot points

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

5.76

5.63

5.50

Pivot

5.37

5.24

5.11

4.98

Position calculator

Shares of KQ

Consideration at KES 5.52: KES 5,520.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 115.92
Total cost of purchase: KES 5,635.92
Break-even selling price: KES 5.76+4.29% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 0.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 0.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 0.00

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Company profile

National carrier connecting Nairobi to destinations across Africa, Europe and Asia.

Headquarters: Nairobi
Sector: Commercial and Services
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: KQ

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