UMME - Umeme Limited
Umeme Limited is an Uganda-based company engaged in the distribution and sale of electricity. The Company's operations include operating and maintaining an electricity network, meter reading, billing, revenue collection and installing new connections in Uganda. The Company supplies electricity to individual clients, commercial users, which include small, medium and large industrial customers, as well as to cities, municipalities, towns, trading centres and community centers. The network is operated through district offices. Umeme Ltd is owned by Actis Infrastructure 2 fund.
Umeme Limited is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Umeme is traded on the NSE under the ticker symbol “UMME”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NSE:UMME is KE2000005815. Umeme Limited is currently the 22nd most valuable stock on the NSE with a market capitalization of KES 12.9 billion, which makes about 0.44% of the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity market.
| Live Trading Feed | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | 7.82 |
| Day’s Low Price | 7.50 |
| Day’s High Price | 8.00 |
| Traded Volume | 113,321 |
| Number of Deals | 66 |
| Gross Turnover | 894,500.40 |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | |
| Price/Earning Ratio | |
| Dividend Per Share | |
| Dividend Yield | |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.62B |
| Market Capitalization | 12.9B |
UMME Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| +9.04% | +15.4% | +4.46% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| -55.7% | -52.5% | -52.5% |
The current share price of Umeme Limited (UMME) is KES 8.00. UMME closed its last trading day (Wednesday, December 31, 2025) at 7.96 KES per share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), recording a 2.6% gain over its previous closing price of 7.76 KES. Umeme began the year with a share price of 16.75 KES but has since lost 52.5% off that price valuation, ranking it 64th on the NSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders’ fears may be allayed by the 15% increase of UMME share price since November 28th, which is third best on NSE.
Umeme is the 17th most traded stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange over the past three months (Sep 26 - Dec 31, 2025). UMME has traded a total volume of 12.2 million shares—in 6,175 deals—valued at KES 92.5 million over the period, with an average of 193,468 traded shares per session. A volume high of 1.74 million was achieved on September 30th, and a low of 34,882 on October 9th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Umeme on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 53,491 | 7.96 | +0.20 | +2.58% |
| 2025-12-30 | 77,550 | 7.76 | ||
| 2025-12-29 | 175,454 | 7.76 | -0.18 | -2.27% |
| 2025-12-24 | 44,811 | 7.94 | +0.64 | +8.77% |
| 2025-12-23 | 278,676 | 7.30 | ||
| 2025-12-22 | 213,008 | 7.30 | +0.30 | +4.29% |
| 2025-12-19 | 226,146 | 7.00 | +0.18 | +2.64% |
| 2025-12-18 | 653,434 | 6.82 | -0.18 | -2.57% |
| 2025-12-17 | 86,206 | 7.00 | +0.28 | +4.17% |
| 2025-12-16 | 328,994 | 6.72 |
Profile of Umeme Limited
Umeme Limited operates in the Utilities sector.
Factsheet of Umeme Limited
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
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- Address
- Rwenzori House, Plot 1 Lumumba Avenue, P. O. Box 23841, Kampala, Uganda
- Telephone
- +256-312-360-600
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- Website
- www.umeme.co.ug
UMME Industrial Market Competitors
Umeme Limited, issuers of the UMME stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, have four market competitors who are also engaged in the Utilities sector. The table below presents an overview of their market standing.
| Code | Name | M. Cap. | Close | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KPLC | Kenya Power & Lighting Company | 26.5B | 13.60 | +183% |
| KEGN | KenGen Plc | 60.5B | 9.18 | +152% |
| KPLC-P4 | Kenya Power 4% Preference Shares | 9M | 5.00 | +25% |
| KPLC-P7 | Kenya Power 7% Preference Shares | 2.1M | 6.00 |
