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UMME - Umeme Limited

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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 14th most valuable stock on the NSE with a market capitalization of KES 25.4 billion, which makes about 1.3% of the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity market.

UMME15.65 ▪ 0.00
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Traded Volume0
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Gross Turnover0.00
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Shares Outstanding1.62B
Market Capitalization25.4B
Monetary values are quoted in Kenyan Shilling (KES) unless otherwise stated

UMME Stock Market Performance

1WK4WK3MO
-2.49%-7.94%
6MO1YRYTD
-2.49%+0.32%-6.57%

The current share price of Umeme Limited (UMME) is KES 15.65. UMME closed its last trading day (Friday, March 28, 2025) at 16.00 KES per share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), recording a 4.8% drop from its previous closing price of 16.80 KES. Umeme began the year with a share price of 16.75 KES but has since lost 6.57% off that price valuation, ranking it 50th on the NSE in terms of year-to-date performance.

Umeme is the 29th most traded stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange over the past three months (Jan 20 - Apr 17, 2025). UMME has traded a total volume of 2.62 million shares—in 862 deals—valued at KES 43.2 million over the period, with an average of 41,627 traded shares per session. A volume high of 419,900 was achieved on February 26th for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Umeme on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

DateVolumeCloseChangeChange%
2025-03-2893,40016.00-0.80-4.76%
2025-03-274,60016.80+0.20+1.20%
2025-03-263,80016.60-0.40-2.35%
2025-03-2538,10017.00+0.05+0.29%
2025-03-243,30016.95-0.05-0.29%
2025-03-217,80017.00
2025-03-2065,10017.00+0.95+5.92%
2025-03-1949,10016.05-0.60-3.60%
2025-03-1818,30016.65-0.25-1.48%
2025-03-1728,30016.90

Profile of Umeme Limited

Umeme Limited operates in the Utilities sector.

Factsheet of Umeme Limited

Sector
Utilities
Industry
Address
Rwenzori House, Plot 1 Lumumba Avenue, P. O. Box 23841, Kampala, Uganda
Telephone
+256-312-360-600
Email

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.


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Comments

  1. ArnoldArnold
    Jul 20, 2023 07:02 GMT

    It's wise to invest in foreign Country a time like this

  2. Kataka Elvis KatakaKataka Elvis Kataka
    Jul 16, 2023 11:04 GMT

    How do I buy shares here?

  3. ErickErick
    May 31, 2023 11:35 GMT

    If you have cash to invest, Put here you won't regret. Divided a must(This Year Ksh.2.23/Share) and well preforming .

  4. I want to buy shares please tell me more about themI want to buy shares please tell me more about them
    Apr 5, 2023 13:11 GMT

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  5. Rwama AndrewRwama Andrew
    Jun 1, 2022 16:10 GMT

    I would like to buy shares

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    Jun 1, 2022 16:11 GMT

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    Feb 27, 2021 13:31 GMT

    I want shares

  8. JoshJosh
    Feb 5, 2021 14:47 GMT

    I want to buy shares how do I get it

  9. Kayongo JonathanKayongo Jonathan
    Jan 9, 2021 07:58 GMT

    What to buy shares how can I do so please

    1. GEOFREYGEOFREY
      Aug 2, 2021 14:36 GMT

      Did you get solution?

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    Jan 6, 2025 15:19 GMT

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