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Britam Holdings Limited, formerly known as British-American Investments Company Ltd, is a diversified financial services company based in Kenya. The company, founded in 1965 and now commonly known as Britam, is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with subsidiaries in Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique. The flagship company of the group is the British-American Insurance Company (Kenya) Limited, commonly referred to by its brand name Britam Kenya. In 2011, Britam listed its shares on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

Britam operates in the following four segments: Long Term Insurance: protection of customers against the risk of premature death, disability, critical illness and other accidents; Life Insurance: a range of products including unit linked products, education plans, whole life plans, and other conventional products; Short Term Insurance: protection of assets, particularly properties, for both personal and commercial business; Asset Management: discretionary and/or segregated portfolio management services, wealth management services, as well as unit trust funds.

Britam Holdings Limited is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Britam is traded on the NSE under the ticker symbol “BRIT”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NSE:BRIT is KE2000002192. Britam Holdings Limited is currently the 19th most valuable stock on the NSE with a market capitalization of KES 12.7 billion, which makes about 0.809% of the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity market.

BRIT5.00 ▾ 0.04 (0.79%)
Just now
Last Trading Results
Opening Price5.00
Day’s Low Price5.00
Day’s High Price5.00
Traded Volume100
Number of Deals1
Gross Turnover500.00
Growth & Valuation
Earnings Per Share
Price/Earning Ratio
Dividend Per Share
Dividend Yield
Shares Outstanding2.52B
Market Capitalization12.7B
Monetary values are quoted in Kenyan Shilling (KES) unless otherwise stated

BRIT Stock Market Performance

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+1.2%+1%+4.35%
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+6.11%+5.22%

The current share price of Britam Holdings Limited (BRIT) is KES 5.00. BRIT closed its last trading day (Monday, March 18, 2024) at 5.04 KES per share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), recording a 3.1% drop from its previous closing price of 5.20 KES. Britam began the year with a share price of 4.79 KES and has since gained 5.22% on that price valuation, ranking it 24th on the NSE in terms of year-to-date performance.

Britam Holdings is the 12th most traded stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange over the past three months (Dec 18, 2023 - Mar 18, 2024). BRIT has traded a total volume of 3.98 million shares—in 718 deals—valued at KES 21 million over the period, with an average of 63,162 traded shares per session. A volume high of 2.09 million was achieved on January 19th, and a low of 500 on February 19th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Britam on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

DateVolumeCloseChangeChange%
2024-03-1817,6005.04-0.16-3.08%
2024-03-1525,7005.20+0.23+4.63%
2024-03-1443,0004.97-0.01-0.20%
2024-03-136,2004.98+0.03+0.61%
2024-03-1211,5004.95-0.03-0.60%
2024-03-112,1004.98+0.28+5.96%
2024-03-087,6004.70+0.22+4.91%
2024-03-0714,3004.48-0.10-2.18%
2024-03-067,8004.58-0.08-1.72%
2024-03-053,5004.66

Profile of Britam Holdings Limited

Britam Holdings Limited operates in the Financials sector, specifically, the Insurance industry. The company is led by Dr. Benson Irungu Wairegi (71) as its Group Managing Director. The company's board of directors, chaired by Walter Andrew Hollas, is composed of 12 members whose names are listed below.

  1. Wairegi, Benson Irungu (Dr.)
    Group Managing Director
  2. Hollas, Walter Andrew
    Non-Executive Chairman
  3. Karama, Mohamed Said
    Non-Executive Deputy Chairman
  4. Munga, Peter K. (Dr.)
    Non-Executive Director
  5. Kiruki, Nancy K. (Mrs)
    Company Secretary
  6. Mbaru, Jimnah M.
    Non-Executive Director
  7. Kigen, Caroline
    Non-Executive Director
  8. Loner, Marianne
    Non-Executive Director
  9. Odo, George
    Non-Executive Director
  10. Wandera, Stephen
    Non-Executive Director
  11. Minter, Christopher
    Non-Executive Director
  12. Ossiya, Josephine
    Non-Executive Director

Factsheet of Britam Holdings Limited

Sector
Financials
Industry
Insurance
Address
Britam Centre, Upper Hill, P. O. Box 30375-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone
+254-703-094-000, +254-202-833-000, +254-705-100-100

BRIT Industrial Market Competitors

Britam Holdings Limited, issuers of the BRIT stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Financials sector and/or Insurance industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top 10 by year-to-date performance.

CodeNameM. Cap.CloseYTD
LBTYLiberty Kenya Holdings Limited2.68B5.00+35.5%
EQTYEquity Group Holdings Limited162B42.85+27.3%
COOPCo-operative Bank of Kenya Limited82.1B14.00+22.8%
ABSAAbsa Bank Kenya Plc74.7B13.75+20.1%
HFCKHF Group Limited1.58B4.11+18.1%
IMHI&M Holdings Plc33.7B20.40+16.6%
SLAMSanlam Kenya Plc1.01B6.98+16.3%
SCBKStandard Chartered Bank Limited70.2B185.75+14.7%
KCBKCB Group Limited77.4B24.10+10.1%
SBICStanbic Holdings Limited47.2B119.50+9.89%

Index of African Stock Exchanges:

  1. Botswana Stock Exchange
  2. BRVM Stock Exchange
  3. Ghana Stock Exchange
  4. Johannesburg Stock Exchange
  5. Lusaka Securities Exchange
  6. Malawi Stock Exchange
  7. Nairobi Securities Exchange
  8. Nigerian Stock Exchange
  9. Uganda Securities Exchange
  10. Zimbabwe Stock Exchange

Comments

  1. CorelinsCorelins
    Oct 11, 2023 17:40 GMT

    Nothing good about the company from 2015 to date.

  2. MatthewMatthew
    Jul 25, 2022 07:14 GMT

    Hello.kindly can someone please take me through the investments rates because I really want to invest in you guys

    1. IanIan
      Jan 19, 2024 06:01 GMT

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  3. CollinsCollins
    Jun 1, 2022 00:08 GMT

    What percentage of Britam shares is listed on the NSE?

  4. SimonSimon
    Jun 12, 2020 13:22 GMT

    Anyone with an idea what's happening at Britum - high spike against all odds?

    1. MargeMarge
      Jun 13, 2020 18:09 GMT

      Looking at the volumes traded it looks like foreign investment

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