BRIT - Britam Holdings Limited
Britam Holdings Limited, formerly known as British-American Investments Company Ltd, is a diversified financial services company based in Kenya. The company, founded in 1965 and now commonly known as Britam, is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsidiaries in Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique. The flagship company of the group is the British-American Insurance Company (Kenya) Limited, commonly referred to by its brand name Britam Kenya. In 2011, Britam listed its shares on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
Britam operates in the following four segments: Long Term Insurance: protection of customers against the risk of premature death, disability, critical illness and other accidents; Life Insurance: a range of products including unit linked products, education plans, whole life plans, and other conventional products; Short Term Insurance: protection of assets, particularly properties, for both personal and commercial business; Asset Management: discretionary and/or segregated portfolio management services, wealth management services, as well as unit trust funds.
Britam Holdings Limited is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Britam is traded on the NSE under the ticker symbol “BRIT”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NSE:BRIT is KE2000002192. Britam Holdings Limited is currently the 18th most valuable stock on the NSE with a market capitalization of KES 16.8 billion, which makes about 0.853% of the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 6.60 |
| Day’s High Price | 6.70 |
| Traded Volume | 23,500 |
| Number of Deals | 15 |
| Gross Turnover | 156,670.00 |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | |
| Price/Earning Ratio | |
| Dividend Per Share | |
| Dividend Yield | |
| Shares Outstanding | 2.52B |
| Market Capitalization | 16.8B |
BRIT Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| +1.83% | -12.6% | -19.2% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| +15.2% | +16.4% | +14.8% |
The current share price of Britam Holdings Limited (BRIT) is KES 6.66. BRIT closed its last trading day (Thursday, April 24, 2025) at 6.66 KES per share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), recording a 2.1% drop from its previous closing price of 6.80 KES. Britam began the year with a share price of 5.80 KES and has since gained 14.8% on that price valuation, ranking it 24th on the NSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Investors should, however, take caution of BRIT’s recent poor performance, having lost 13% of its value in the past four weeks.
Britam Holdings is the 11th most traded stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange over the past three months (Jan 23 - Apr 24, 2025). BRIT has traded a total volume of 33 million shares—in 1,755 deals—valued at KES 231 million over the period, with an average of 524,281 traded shares per session. A volume high of 15.1 million was achieved on April 11th, and a low of 3,100 on March 6th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Britam on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-24 | 23,500 | 6.66 | -0.14 | -2.06% |
| 2025-04-23 | 50,600 | 6.80 | +0.08 | +1.19% |
| 2025-04-22 | 17,400 | 6.72 | -0.08 | -1.18% |
| 2025-04-17 | 8,076,100 | 6.80 | -0.18 | -2.58% |
| 2025-04-16 | 11,200 | 6.98 | +0.44 | +6.73% |
| 2025-04-15 | 86,700 | 6.54 | -0.02 | -0.30% |
| 2025-04-14 | 22,300 | 6.56 | -0.24 | -3.53% |
| 2025-04-11 | 15,135,100 | 6.80 | +0.26 | +3.98% |
| 2025-04-10 | 37,300 | 6.54 | +0.02 | +0.31% |
| 2025-04-09 | 23,900 | 6.52 |
Profile of Britam Holdings Limited
Britam Holdings Limited operates in the Financials sector, specifically, the Insurance industry.
Factsheet of Britam Holdings Limited
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- Insurance
- Address
- Britam Centre, Upper Hill, P. O. Box 30375-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
- Telephone
- +254-703-094-000, +254-202-833-000, +254-705-100-100
- Website
- www.britam.com
BRIT Industrial Market Competitors
Britam Holdings Limited, issuers of the BRIT stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Financials sector and/or Insurance industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top 10 by year-to-date performance.
| Code | Name | M. Cap. | Close | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAFR | Home Afrika Limited | 300M | 0.74 | +100% |
| SLAM | Sanlam Kenya Plc | 1.26B | 8.72 | +76.2% |
| LBTY | Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited | 6.24B | 11.65 | +74.4% |
| CIC | CIC Insurance Group Limited | 7.77B | 2.97 | +38.1% |
| HFCK | HF Group Limited | 2.38B | 6.20 | +37.5% |
| SBIC | Stanbic Holdings Limited | 70.4B | 178.00 | +29.7% |
| KNRE | Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Ltd | 4.42B | 1.58 | +23.4% |
| GLD | Absa NewGold ETF | 1.6B | 4,000.00 | +22.7% |
| CTUM | Centum Investment Company | 7.89B | 11.85 | +19.9% |
| NSE | Nairobi Securities Exchange Limited | 1.85B | 7.12 | +18.7% |
