LKL - Longhorn Publishers Limited

May 16, 2025 at 12:31 Twitter · Facebook

LKL share price on Nairobi Securities Exchange

Longhorn Publishers Limited is a Kenya-based public limited liability publishing company. The company sells educational and general books for all educational levels including pre-school, primary, early childhood education, primary, secondary and tertiary/university. Longhorn Publishers Limited was incorporated in 1965 and was formerly known as Longhorn Kenya Limited until November 2014. It was listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in May 2012. The company has operations in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. Its main business is the development, publication, marketing and distribution of educational and general books.

Longhorn Publishers Limited is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Longhorn Publishers is traded on the NSE under the ticker symbol “LKL”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NSE:LKL is KE2000002275. Longhorn Publishers Limited is currently the 47th most valuable stock on the NSE with a market capitalization of KES 779 million, which makes about 0.037% of the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity market.

LKL Stock Market Performance

The current share price of Longhorn Publishers Limited (LKL) is KES 2.86. LKL closed its last trading day (Friday, May 16, 2025) at 2.86 KES per share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), recording an 8.3% gain over its previous closing price of 2.64 KES. Longhorn Publishers began the year with a share price of 2.30 KES and has since gained 24.4% on that price valuation, ranking it 16th on the NSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders can be optimistic about LKL knowing the stock has accrued 10% over the past four-week period—fifth best on NSE.

Longhorn Publishers is the 31st most traded stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange over the past three months (Feb 13 - May 16, 2025). LKL has traded a total volume of 2.03 million shares—in 238 deals—valued at KES 5.29 million over the period, with an average of 32,143 traded shares per session. A volume high of 1 million was achieved on May 7th for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Longhorn Publishers on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

Profile of Longhorn Publishers Limited

Longhorn Publishers Limited operates in the Consumer Services sector.

LKL Industrial Market Competitors

Longhorn Publishers Limited, issuers of the LKL stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Consumer Services sector. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top nine by year-to-date performance.

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