UCHM - Uchumi Supermarket Limited
Uchumi Supermarkets Limited is a Kenya-based company engaged in the retail supermarkets operation. It distributes bakery, wines, meat, fish, vegetables, as well as kitchen appliances and decoration, among others. The Company operates a network of 15 branches locally. Uchumi Supermarkets Limited's subsidiaries include wholly owned Uchumi Supermarkets (Uganda) Limited and Kasarani Mall Limited.
Uchumi Supermarket Limited is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Uchumi Supermarket is traded on the NSE under the ticker symbol “UCHM”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NSE:UCHM is KE0000000489. Uchumi Supermarket Limited is currently the 62nd most valuable stock on the NSE with a market capitalization of KES 113 million, which makes about 0.0054% of the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity market.
Last Trading Results | |
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Opening Price | |
Day’s Low Price | 0.30 |
Day’s High Price | 0.34 |
Traded Volume | 486,000 |
Number of Deals | 48 |
Gross Turnover | 151,179.00 |
Growth & Valuation | |
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Earnings Per Share | |
Price/Earning Ratio | |
Dividend Per Share | |
Dividend Yield | |
Shares Outstanding | 365M |
Market Capitalization | 113M |
UCHM Stock Market Performance
1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
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+6.9% | -18.4% | -6.06% |
6MO | 1YR | YTD |
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+55% | +63.2% | +82.4% |
The current share price of Uchumi Supermarket Limited (UCHM) is KES 0.31. UCHM closed its last trading day (Friday, May 16, 2025) at 0.31 KES per share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), recording a 6.1% drop from its previous closing price of 0.33 KES. Uchumi Supermarket began the year with a share price of 0.17 KES and has since gained 82.4% on that price valuation, ranking it third on the NSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Investors should, however, take caution of UCHM’s recent poor performance, having lost 18% of its value in the past four weeks.
Uchumi Supermarket is the 12th most traded stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange over the past three months (Feb 13 - May 16, 2025). UCHM has traded a total volume of 22.5 million shares—in 3,627 deals—valued at KES 7.54 million over the period, with an average of 357,135 traded shares per session. A volume high of 2.69 million was achieved on February 21st, and a low of 20,000 on April 3rd, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Uchumi Supermarket on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
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2025-05-16 | 486,000 | 0.31 | -0.02 | -6.06% |
2025-05-15 | 119,400 | 0.33 | ||
2025-05-14 | 21,000 | 0.33 | +0.02 | +6.45% |
2025-05-13 | 76,700 | 0.31 | +0.02 | +6.90% |
2025-05-12 | 79,400 | 0.29 | ||
2025-05-09 | 232,800 | 0.29 | +0.01 | +3.57% |
2025-05-08 | 224,400 | 0.28 | -0.02 | -6.67% |
2025-05-07 | 190,600 | 0.30 | -0.01 | -3.23% |
2025-05-06 | 54,900 | 0.31 | ||
2025-05-05 | 214,200 | 0.31 |
Profile of Uchumi Supermarket Limited
Uchumi Supermarket Limited operates in the Consumer Services sector.
Factsheet of Uchumi Supermarket Limited
- Sector
- Consumer Services
- Industry
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- Address
- Yarrow Road, Off Nanyuki Road, P.O. Box 73167-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
- Telephone
- +254-2080200801
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- Website
- www.uchumicorporate.co.ke
UCHM Industrial Market Competitors
Uchumi Supermarket Limited, issuers of the UCHM 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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LKL | Longhorn Publishers Limited | 779M | 2.86 | +24.4% |
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SCAN | ScanGroup Limited | 1.1B | 2.54 | +2.42% |
HBE | Homeboyz Entertainment | 295M | 4.66 | |
CGEN | Car and General Kenya Limited | 1.76B | 22.00 | -3.3% |
TPSE | TPS Eastern Africa Serena Limited | 2.61B | 14.30 | -4.03% |
NBV | Nairobi Business Ventures Ltd | 2.38B | 1.76 | -12.4% |
NMG | Nation Media Group | 2.37B | 12.45 | -13.5% |
XPRS | Express Kenya Limited | 143M | 3.00 | -16.7% |