Williamson Tea Kenya Plc

WTKMain Investment Market

KES267.00

−1.25−0.47%

Closing price, Friday 23 October 2026

Open: 267.25
High: 269.25
Low: 265.25
Prev close: 268.25
VWAP: 267.27
Volume: 549
Turnover: KES 146.7K
Deals: 5

Price history

WTK chart

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Up session
Down session
SMA 20
SMA 50

Range change +18.27%

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: +46.1%; Average daily log return scaled to a year.
Volatility: 26.7%; Standard deviation of daily returns, scaled by the square root of 252.
Sharpe ratio: 1.13; Excess return over the 91-day bill rate per unit of volatility.
Sortino ratio: 1.77; Excess return per unit of downside volatility only.
Beta to KASI: 0.64; How much the share moves for a 1 percent move in the market.
Alpha: +26.3%; Annual return left after adjusting for market exposure.
Correlation: 0.41; Correlation of daily returns with the KASI, from -1 to 1.
Maximum drawdown: −14.3%; Largest fall from a peak to a later trough.
Value at risk, 95%: −2.48%; A daily loss exceeded on only 1 session in 20.
Expected shortfall: −3.16%; Average loss on the worst 5 percent of sessions.
Skewness: 0.32; Asymmetry of returns. Negative means more large down days.
Excess kurtosis: 1.54; Fat tails compared with a normal distribution.
Positive sessions: 52.8%; Share of sessions that closed higher.
Best session: +8.61%; Largest one-day gain in the window.
Worst session: −4.23%; Largest one-day loss in the window.

Distribution of daily returns, 12 monthsMean +0.165%, standard deviation 1.69%. 1 extreme sessions fall outside the chart.

Sessions observed
Normal distribution

WTK against the market, daily returnsSlope of the fitted line is the beta: 0.64. 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

WTK performance against its sector and the KASI
Period	WTK	Agricultural	KASI	vs KASI
1 week	+1.04%	+1.07%	+0.62%	+0.42% percentage points
1 month	+6.16%	+4.78%	+0.02%	+6.15% percentage points
3 months	+4.40%	+7.17%	−0.63%	+5.03% percentage points
6 months	+18.27%	+2.96%	+0.58%	+17.69% percentage points
Year to date	+55.23%	+17.96%	+15.61%	+39.62% percentage points
12 months	+46.10%	+17.21%	+14.98%	+31.13% percentage points

Flow

Order and investor flow

Market flows

Order flow this session549 shares

Buyer initiated: 267
Seller initiated: 282
Imbalance: −2.7%

Foreign investors, last 30 sessionsNet +KES 242.3K, gross 2.40M

Net buying
Net selling

Corporate actions

Dividends and entitlements

Dividends and corporate actions
Action	KES per share	Books close	Payment	Status
Final dividend	25.00	28 Aug 2026	25 Sep 2026	Paid

Comparables

Peers in Agricultural

Sector peers
Share	Last	Today	Mkt cap	P/E	Yield	12 months
KUKZKakuzi Plc	356.00	−1.39%	KES 6.98B	17.0x	6.74%	+6.0%
SASNSasini Plc	15.36	−1.16%	KES 3.50B	14.0x	6.51%	+17.4%
KAPCKapchorua Tea Kenya Plc	286.75	−0.61%	KES 2.24B	6.0x	8.72%	+16.4%
LIMTLimuru Tea Plc	404.50	−1.82%	KES 970.80M	67.4x	0.25%	+0.1%
EGADEaagads Ltd	13.12	−2.24%	KES 421.90M	15.4x	-	+13.4%

Key data

Market capitalisation: KES 4.68BRank 27 of 47
Shares in issue: 17.51M
Earnings per share: KES 52.00
Price to earnings: 5.1x
Dividend per share: KES 25.00
Dividend yield: 9.36%
Payout ratio: 48%
Earnings yield: 19.5%
Average volume, 30 sessions: 837
Average turnover, 30 sessions: KES 217.3K
Beta to KASI, 12 months: 0.64
Volatility, 12 months: 26.7%

52-week range94% of range

164.25273.00

Order book

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

Spread: 0.50 (0.19%)
Mid price: 267.000
Imbalance: +3% bids

OrdersSizeBid

OfferSizeOrders

805 shares bid770 shares offered

Time and sales

Most recent trades in WTK
Time	Price	Shares
14:32:51	266.00	96
12:18:31	267.75	209
11:39:49	268.00	21
09:48:55	267.50	51

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	265.09	+0.7%	Bullish
SMA 50	251.49	+6.2%	Bullish
SMA 100	247.39	+7.9%	Bullish
SMA 200	227.76	+17.2%	Bullish
EMA 12	265.22	+0.7%	Bullish
EMA 26	261.13	+2.2%	Bullish

Oscillators

Oscillator readings
RSI 14	59.0	Within range	Neutral
MACD 12, 26, 9	4.085	Below signal line	Bearish
Stochastic 14, 3	60.7	Falling	Bearish

Classic pivot points

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

276.25

273.25

270.75

Pivot

267.75

265.25

262.25

259.75

Position calculator

Shares of WTK

Consideration at KES 267.00: KES 267,000.00
Fees and levies (1.84%): KES 4,912.80
Total cost of purchase: KES 271,912.80
Break-even selling price: KES 277.01+3.75% from here
Annual dividend, gross: KES 25,000.00
Withholding tax at 5%: KES 1,250.00
Annual dividend, net: KES 23,750.008.73% yield on cost

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Company profile

Tea grower and manufacturer with estates in the Kericho and Nandi highlands.

Headquarters: Kericho
Sector: Agricultural
Market segment: Main Investment Market
Ticker: WTK

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