KPLC - Kenya Power & Lighting Company
KPLC share price on Nairobi Securities ExchangeKenya Power and Lighting Company Limited is engaged in the transmission, distribution and retail of electricity purchased in bulk from Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KenGen), Independent Power Producers (IPPs), Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) and Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO). The Company operates in four regions: Nairobi, Coast, West Kenya and Mount Kenya. Its interconnected network of transmission and distribution lines covers about 47,035 kilometers. The national grid is operated as an integral network linked by a 220 kilowatts and 132 kilowatts transmission network.
KPLC •
1.64 ▴ 0.01 (0.61%) 8 hours ago
| Last Trading Results |
|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 1.60 |
| Day’s High Price | 1.67 |
| Traded Volume | 540,600 |
| Number of Deals | 46 |
| Gross Turnover | 887,358.00 |
| Growth & Valuation |
|---|
| Earnings Per Share | 0.76 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | 2.16 |
| Dividend Per Share | |
| Dividend Yield | |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.95B |
| Market Capitalization | 3.2B |
Monetary values are quoted in Kenyan Shilling (KES) unless otherwise stated
KPLC Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|
| -1.8% | -5.2% | -2.96% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|
| +17.1% | -1.8% | -6.29% |
The current share price of Kenya Power & Lighting Company (KPLC) is KES 1.64. KPLC closed its last trading day (Thursday, January 20, 2022) at 1.64 KES per share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), recording a 0.6% gain over its previous closing price of 1.63 KES. Kenya Power & Lighting began the year with a share price of 1.75 KES but has since lost 6.29% off that price valuation, ranking it 42nd on the NSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders’ worries are compounded by the fact that KPLC has lost 5% of the stock’s value from December 22nd to date.
Kenya Power & Lighting Company is the fourth most traded stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange over the past three months (Oct 22, 2021 - Jan 20, 2022). KPLC has traded a total volume of 55 million shares—in 4,008 deals—valued at KES 100 million over the period, with an average of 872,500 traded shares per session. A volume high of 10.7 million was achieved on November 1st, and a low of 37,400 on December 31st, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Kenya Power & Lighting on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|
| 2022-01-20 | 540,600 | 1.64 | +0.01 | +0.61% |
| 2022-01-19 | 123,600 | 1.63 | +0.01 | +0.62% |
| 2022-01-18 | 1,123,600 | 1.62 | -0.05 | -2.99% |
| 2022-01-17 | 185,500 | 1.67 | -0.02 | -1.18% |
| 2022-01-14 | 471,200 | 1.69 | +0.02 | +1.20% |
| 2022-01-13 | 701,900 | 1.67 | -0.02 | -1.18% |
| 2022-01-12 | 351,800 | 1.69 | -0.02 | -1.17% |
| 2022-01-11 | 214,900 | 1.71 | | |
| 2022-01-10 | 202,000 | 1.71 | -0.01 | -0.58% |
| 2022-01-07 | 637,700 | 1.72 | | |
Profile of Kenya Power and Lighting Company Plc
Kenya Power and Lighting Company Plc was founded on January 6, 1922 and operates in the Utilities sector, specifically, the Conventional Electricity industry. Kenya Power and Lighting Company contracts an estimated total number of 10,480 employees.
Factsheet of Kenya Power and Lighting Company Plc
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Conventional Electricity
- Address
- Stima Plaza, Kolobot Road, Parklands, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
- Telephone
- +254-202-21-251, +254-703-070-707, +254-732-170-170
KPLC Industrial Market Competitors
Kenya Power and Lighting Company Plc, issuers of the KPLC (ISIN: KE0000000349), Kenya Power 4% Preference Shares and Kenya Power 7% Preference Shares stocks on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, have two market competitors who are also engaged in the Utilities sector and/or Conventional Electricity industry. The table below presents an overview of their market standing.
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