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KNRE - Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Ltd

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Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Limited is engaged in the underwriting all classes of reinsurance business and investment activities. The Company reinsures all classes of insurance business, including accident, engineering, liability, motor, fire, aviation and life. The Company operates in two segments: long term business and short term business. The short term business segment comprises of motor, marine, aviation, fire, and accident. The long term business segment includes individual and Corporation life. It also offers risk management services to its clients.

Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Ltd is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Kenya Re-Insurance is traded on the NSE under the ticker symbol “KNRE”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NSE:KNRE is KE0000000604. Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Ltd is currently the 29th most valuable stock on the NSE with a market capitalization of KES 4.48 billion, which makes about 0.227% of the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity market.

KNRE1.59 ▾ 0.01 (0.63%)
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Opening Price1.60
Day’s Low Price1.58
Day’s High Price1.62
Traded Volume257,600
Number of Deals51
Gross Turnover411,240.00
Growth & Valuation
Earnings Per Share
Price/Earning Ratio
Dividend Per Share
Dividend Yield
Shares Outstanding2.8B
Market Capitalization4.48B
Monetary values are quoted in Kenyan Shilling (KES) unless otherwise stated

KNRE Stock Market Performance

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-3.03%-16.2%-5.88%
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The current share price of Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Ltd (KNRE) is KES 1.59. KNRE closed its last trading day (Wednesday, April 23, 2025) at 1.60 KES per share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), recording a 1.8% drop from its previous closing price of 1.63 KES. Kenya Re-Insurance began the year with a share price of 1.28 KES and has since gained 25% on that price valuation, ranking it 15th on the NSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Investors should, however, take caution of KNRE’s recent poor performance, having lost 16% of its value in the past four weeks.

Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation is the second most traded stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange over the past three months (Jan 22 - Apr 23, 2025). KNRE has traded a total volume of 174 million shares—in 10,585 deals—valued at KES 304 million over the period, with an average of 2.77 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 13.8 million was achieved on March 28th, and a low of 287,000 on March 20th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Kenya Re-Insurance on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

DateVolumeCloseChangeChange%
2025-04-231,302,7001.60-0.03-1.84%
2025-04-22550,5001.63+0.02+1.24%
2025-04-17694,4001.61-0.03-1.83%
2025-04-16603,0001.64
2025-04-152,120,4001.64-0.01-0.61%
2025-04-142,772,6001.65+0.03+1.85%
2025-04-11377,4001.62
2025-04-10757,6001.62+0.02+1.25%
2025-04-092,610,2001.60-0.05-3.03%
2025-04-08705,7001.65

Profile of Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Limited

Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Limited operates in the Financials sector.

Factsheet of Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Limited

Sector
Financials
Industry
Address
Reinsurance Plaza, Taifa Road, P O Box 30271 ? 00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone
+254-202202000
Email

KNRE Industrial Market Competitors

Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Limited, issuers of the KNRE stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Financials sector. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top 10 by year-to-date performance.


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Comments

  1. Rachel KariukiRachel Kariuki
    Sep 12, 2024 09:20 GMT

    Is Kenya Insurance a good buy at this time?

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      Jan 20, 2025 13:29 GMT

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  2. KEVOKEVO
    Feb 14, 2023 22:39 GMT

    What happened in 2019 so that it's shares fell dramatically?

  3. Joel Kipruto arap LangatJoel Kipruto arap Langat
    Aug 27, 2022 11:46 GMT

    When are you paying 2022 dividends? Also need address of your office

  4. macharia jothammacharia jotham
    Aug 30, 2019 18:34 GMT

    when are you going to pay the dividend ?
    what is the contact of the registrar general?

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