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LBTY - Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited

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Liberty Kenya Holdings Ltd, formerly CFC Insurance Holdings Ltd, is a Kenya-based holding company offering life and property/casualty insurance coverage. Its subsidiaries include CfC Life Assurance Ltd and The Heritage Insurance Company Ltd in Kenya. Liberty Holdings is the strategic investor in CfC Insurance Holdings Ltd.

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Liberty is traded on the NSE under the ticker symbol “LBTY”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NSE:LBTY is KE2000002168. Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited is currently the 25th most valuable stock on the NSE with a market capitalization of KES 6.16 billion, which is about 0.293% of the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity market.

LBTY11.50 ▪ 0.00
1 day ago
Last Trading Results
Opening Price
Day’s Low Price11.50
Day’s High Price11.95
Traded Volume713,400
Number of Deals10
Gross Turnover8.2M
Growth & Valuation
Earnings Per Share
Price/Earning Ratio
Dividend Per Share
Dividend Yield
Shares Outstanding536M
Market Capitalization6.16B
Monetary values are quoted in Kenyan Shilling (KES) unless otherwise stated

LBTY Stock Market Performance

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+0.44%-4.17%+44.1%
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+44.1%+109%+72.2%

The current share price of Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited (LBTY) is KES 11.50. LBTY closed its last trading day (Friday, May 16, 2025) at 11.50 KES per share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Liberty began the year with a share price of 6.68 KES and has since gained 72.2% on that price valuation, ranking it fourth on the NSE in terms of year-to-date performance.

Liberty Kenya Holdings is the fourth most traded stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange over the past three months (Feb 13 - May 16, 2025). LBTY has traded a total volume of 108 million shares—in 678 deals—valued at KES 859 million over the period, with an average of 1.72 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 82.3 million was achieved on March 17th for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Liberty Kenya on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

DateVolumeCloseChangeChange%
2025-05-16713,40011.50
2025-05-15100,20011.50
2025-05-1425,50011.50+0.10+0.88%
2025-05-1314,186,40011.40-0.05-0.44%
2025-05-122,278,90011.45
2025-05-092,50011.45+0.05+0.44%
2025-05-089,20011.40
2025-05-0724,50011.40-0.05-0.44%
2025-05-0619,40011.45-0.30-2.55%
2025-05-052,50011.75

Profile of Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited operates in the Financials sector.

Factsheet of Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited

Sector
Financials
Industry
Address
LR No 209/8592/2, CfC House, Mamlaka Road, P.O.Box 30390, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone
+254-202866510
Email

LBTY Industrial Market Competitors

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited, issuers of the LBTY 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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