Safaricom Plc

SCOMMain Investment MarketKilele 20Kilele 25

KES29.60

−0.26−0.87%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 29.68
High: 29.68
Low: 29.26
Prev close: 29.86
VWAP: 29.49
Volume: 2.32M
Turnover: KES 68.39M
Deals: 1,598

Price history

SCOM chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change −3.65%

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: +21.4%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 27.6%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 0.43; 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: 1.42; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: +2.7%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.89; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −22.0%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −2.91%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −3.81%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: −0.20; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: 0.47; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 52.4%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +4.89%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −5.39%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.092%, standard deviation 1.74%. 1 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

SCOM against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 1.42. R squared 0.80.

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

SCOM performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	SCOM	Telecommunication	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+0.14%	+0.14%	+0.62%	−0.48% percentage points
1 month	−1.53%	−1.53%	+0.02%	−1.55% percentage points
3 months	−6.18%	−6.18%	−0.63%	−5.55% percentage points
6 months	−3.65%	−3.65%	+0.58%	−4.23% percentage points
Year to date	+16.72%	+16.72%	+15.61%	+1.11% percentage points
12 months	+21.36%	+21.36%	+14.98%	+6.39% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session2.32M shares

Buyer initiated: 995,820
Seller initiated: 1,323,380
Imbalance: −14.1%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet −KES 196.77M, gross 9.34B

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

Dividends and corporate actions
Action	KES per share	Books close	Payment	Status
Final dividend	1.20	31 Jul 2026	31 Aug 2026	Paid

Comparables

Peers in Telecommunication

This company is the only listing in its sector.

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 1.19TRank 1 of 47
Shares in issue: 40.07B
Earnings per share: KES 1.07
Price to earnings: 27.7x
Dividend per share: KES 1.20
Dividend yield: 4.05%
Payout ratio: 112%
Earnings yield: 3.6%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 9.53M
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 284.91M
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 1.42
Volatility, 12 months: 27.6%

52-week range49% of range

23.5735.94

Order book

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

Spread: 0.01 (0.03%)
Mid price: 29.605
Imbalance: −15% offers

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

1,267,007 shares bid2,282,565 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in SCOM
Time	Price	Shares
14:59:46	29.59	444
14:59:30	29.60	308
14:59:29	29.60	1,951
14:59:11	29.60	1,278
14:59:11	29.60	269
14:58:56	29.60	643
14:58:44	29.60	504
14:58:14	29.59	153
14:58:07	29.60	1,888
14:57:50	29.59	3,207
14:57:39	29.59	714
14:56:31	29.58	2,985
14:56:26	29.58	373
14:56:18	29.60	1,468

Technical analysis

Signal summary

Bearish

0 bullish, 1 neutral and 8 bearish readings from moving averages and oscillators.

Moving averages

Moving averages and the price position
SMA 20	30.21	−2.0%	Bearish
SMA 50	29.85	−0.8%	Bearish
SMA 100	30.98	−4.5%	Bearish
SMA 200	29.98	−1.3%	Bearish
EMA 12	29.78	−0.6%	Bearish
EMA 26	29.88	−0.9%	Bearish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	47.2	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	−0.101	Below signal line	Bearish
Stochastic 14, 3	32.5	Falling	Bearish

Classic pivot points

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

30.37

30.25

30.05

Pivot

29.93

29.73

29.61

29.41

Position calculator

Shares of SCOM

Consideration at KES 29.60: KES 29,600.00
Fees and levies (2.10%): KES 621.60
Total cost of purchase: KES 30,221.60
Break-even selling price: KES 30.87+4.29% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 1,200.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 60.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 1,140.003.77% yield on cost

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Company profile

Kenya's largest telecommunications company and operator of M-PESA, with mobile, data, enterprise and fintech services in Kenya and Ethiopia.

Headquarters: Nairobi
Sector: Telecommunication
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: SCOM

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