CTUM - Centum Investment Company
Centum Investment Company Plc is East Africa’s leading investment firm providing investors with access to a portfolio of inaccessible, diversified investments. Headquartered in Kenya, but also operating in Uganda and Tanzania, the company invests in sectors including real estate, fast-moving consumer goods, and financial services. Centum’s business model currently focuses on companies in sectors with (1) growing domestic and regional markets targeted at households and private businesses; (2) basic goods and services whose demand increase as purchasing power increases; and (3) products and services with limited scope for import substitution.
Centum operates through four major segments: (1) The Growth Segment represents the trading subsidiaries or investments that have progressed to the cash generative stage. (2) The Real Estate Segment comprises all the group companies involved in real estate development such as Two Rivers, Vipingo, and Pearl Marina. (3) The Development Segment includes all companies whose business are still in the establishment, and ramp up phase such as those in the power, education, and agribusiness sectors. (4) The Marketable Securities Segment focuses on investment of funds in quoted equity and fixed income securities.
Centum Investment Company is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Centum is traded on the NSE under the ticker symbol “CTUM”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NSE:CTUM is KE0000000265. Centum Investment Company is currently the 22nd most valuable stock on the NSE with a market capitalization of KES 6.52 billion, which makes about 0.385% of the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 9.70 |
| Day’s High Price | 9.90 |
| Traded Volume | 195,200 |
| Number of Deals | 16 |
| Gross Turnover | 1.91M |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | |
| Price/Earning Ratio | |
| Dividend Per Share | |
| Dividend Yield | |
| Shares Outstanding | 665M |
| Market Capitalization | 6.52B |
CTUM Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| +3.38% | +22.5% | +12.6% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| +20.1% | +7.93% | +16.7% |
The current share price of Centum Investment Company (CTUM) is KES 9.80. CTUM closed its last trading day (Monday, October 7, 2024) at 9.80 KES per share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), recording a 1% drop from its previous closing price of 9.90 KES. Centum began the year with a share price of 8.40 KES and has since gained 16.7% on that price valuation, ranking it 16th on the NSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders can be optimistic about CTUM knowing the stock has accrued 23% over the past four-week period alone—fourth best on NSE.
Centum Investment Company is the 10th most traded stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange over the past three months (Jul 11 - Oct 7, 2024). CTUM has traded a total volume of 12.9 million shares—in 1,118 deals—valued at KES 109 million over the period, with an average of 205,078 traded shares per session. A volume high of 5.86 million was achieved on September 9th, and a low of 2,600 on July 29th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Centum Investment on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-07 | 195,200 | 9.80 | -0.10 | -1.01% |
| 2024-10-04 | 46,500 | 9.90 | ||
| 2024-10-03 | 34,300 | 9.90 | ||
| 2024-10-02 | 86,100 | 9.90 | +0.24 | +2.48% |
| 2024-10-01 | 522,200 | 9.66 | +0.18 | +1.90% |
| 2024-09-30 | 927,300 | 9.48 | +0.46 | +5.10% |
| 2024-09-27 | 23,800 | 9.02 | +0.02 | +0.22% |
| 2024-09-26 | 50,300 | 9.00 | -0.02 | -0.22% |
| 2024-09-25 | 46,400 | 9.02 | +0.06 | +0.67% |
| 2024-09-24 | 63,900 | 8.96 |
Profile of Centum Investment Company Plc
Centum Investment Company Plc was founded on March 31, 1967 and operates in the Financials sector, specifically, the Investment Services industry. Centum Investment Company contracts an estimated total number of 1,082 employees. The company is led by James Mwirigi Mworia (46) as its Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, since 2008. The company's board of directors, chaired by Dr. Donald Kaberuka (73), is composed of 10 members whose names are listed below.
- Kaberuka, Donald (Dr.)
Independent Non-Executive Chairman - Mworia, James Mwirigi
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director - Byaruhanga, William (Hon.)
Non-Executive Director - Macharia, Laila (Dr.)
Independent Non-Executive Director - Igathe, Catherine
Independent Non-Executive Director - Ngige, Mary G. W. (Mrs.)
Independent Non-Executive Director - Ikiara, Moses (Dr.)
Independent Non-Executive Director - Githuku, Susan (Mrs.)
Independent Non-Executive Director - Musangi, Andrew Mukite
Non-Executive Director (Significant Shareholder) - Haggai, William
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Factsheet of Centum Investment Company Plc
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- Investment Services
- Address
- Two Rivers Office Towers, South Tower, Limuru Road, 8th and 9th Floor, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya
- Telephone
- +254-20-223-0518, +254-737-095-124, +254-726-971-599
- Website
- centum.co.ke
CTUM Industrial Market Competitors
Centum Investment Company Plc, issuers of the CTUM stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Financials sector and/or Investment Services 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLD | Absa NewGold ETF | 785M | 3,140.00 | +7.72% |
| KCB | KCB Group | 113B | 35.30 | +61.2% |
| LBTY | Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited | 2.95B | 5.50 | +49.1% |
| IMH | I&M Holdings Plc | 38.9B | 23.55 | +34.6% |
| EQTY | Equity Group Holdings Limited | 169B | 44.80 | +33.1% |
| SCBK | Standard Chartered Bank Limited | 80.1B | 212.00 | +30.9% |
| BRIT | Britam Holdings Limited | 14.9B | 5.90 | +23.2% |
| ABSA | Absa Bank Kenya Plc | 76.6B | 14.10 | +23.1% |
| COOP | Co-operative Bank of Kenya Limited | 80.4B | 13.70 | +20.2% |
| HFCK | HF Group Limited | 1.54B | 4.01 | +15.2% |
