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EQTY - Equity Group Holdings Limited

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Equity Group Holdings Limited, formerly Equity Bank Limited, is a Kenya-based commercial bank engaged in the business of retail banking, microfinance, and related services to individuals, and small and medium sized enterprises. The company offers various banking products, including current, equity ordinary, super junior investment, Jijenge, equity business and current accounts, and call and fixed deposit accounts. The banking group, which also offers trade finance services such as letters of credit and invoice discounting, operates in six geographical markets, namely, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Democratic Republic of Congo.

Equity Group’s three customer facing lines of businesses include consumer, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and corporate. The consumer business line focuses on salaried customers or customers receiving other regular remittances, such as pension. The facilities granted under its SME line of business are for purposes of meeting working capital needs, property development or acquisition of assets. The corporate line of business comprises large enterprises. Equity offers a range of products, including Equity loan, Vijana loan, Fanikisha loan, Farm input, Mortgage loan, Asset finance loan, Trade finance, Development loan, Business Loan and Biashara Imara.

Equity Group Holdings Limited is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). Equity is traded on the NSE under the ticker symbol “EQTY”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NSE:EQTY is KE0000000554. Equity Group Holdings Limited is currently the second most valuable stock on the NSE with a market capitalization of KES 162 billion, which is about 10.3% of the entire Nairobi Securities Exchange equity market.

EQTY42.85 ▴ 0.25 (0.59%)
Yesterday
Last Trading Results
Opening Price
Day’s Low Price42.00
Day’s High Price43.00
Traded Volume187,600
Number of Deals41
Gross Turnover8.04M
Growth & Valuation
Earnings Per Share
Price/Earning Ratio
Dividend Per Share
Dividend Yield
Shares Outstanding3.77B
Market Capitalization162B
Monetary values are quoted in Kenyan Shilling (KES) unless otherwise stated

EQTY Stock Market Performance

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+7.13%+11.7%+20.5%
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+13.7%+1.42%+27.3%

The current share price of Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY) is KES 42.85. EQTY closed its last trading day (Monday, March 18, 2024) at 42.85 KES per share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), recording a 0.6% gain over its previous closing price of 42.60 KES. Equity began the year with a share price of 33.65 KES and has since gained 27.3% on that price valuation, ranking it third on the NSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders can be optimistic about EQTY knowing the stock has accrued 12% over the past four-week period—eighth best on NSE.

Equity Group Holdings is the second most traded stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange over the past three months (Dec 18, 2023 - Mar 18, 2024). EQTY has traded a total volume of 77.9 million shares—in 3,875 deals—valued at KES 3 billion over the period, with an average of 1.24 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 11 million was achieved on February 23rd, and a low of 2,500 on March 12th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Equity on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

DateVolumeCloseChangeChange%
2024-03-18187,60042.85+0.25+0.59%
2024-03-15611,30042.60+1.00+2.40%
2024-03-14147,20041.60+1.40+3.48%
2024-03-13628,10040.20+0.25+0.63%
2024-03-122,50039.95-0.05-0.12%
2024-03-113,863,60040.00
2024-03-081,730,80040.00-0.05-0.12%
2024-03-07164,20040.05+0.05+0.12%
2024-03-06792,80040.00-0.05-0.12%
2024-03-05474,20040.05

Profile of Equity Group Holdings Limited

Equity Group Holdings Limited was founded on October 22, 1984 and operates in the Financials sector, specifically, the Banking industry. Equity Group Holdings contracts an estimated total number of 6,580 employees.

Factsheet of Equity Group Holdings Limited

Sector
Financials
Industry
Banking
Address
Equity Centre, 9th Floor, Hospital Hill Road, Upper Hill, P.O. Box 75104, Nairobi 00200, Kenya
Telephone
+254-202-262-000, +254-763-063-000

EQTY Industrial Market Competitors

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

CodeNameM. Cap.CloseYTD
ABSAAbsa Bank Kenya Plc74.7B13.75+20.1%
IMHI&M Holdings Plc33.7B20.40+16.6%
KCBKCB Group Limited77.4B24.10+10.1%
NCBANCBA Group Plc70.1B42.55+9.24%
BKGBK Group Plc29.6B33.05-7.68%
LBTYLiberty Kenya Holdings Limited2.68B5.00+35.5%
COOPCo-operative Bank of Kenya Limited82.1B14.00+22.8%
HFCKHF Group Limited1.58B4.11+18.1%
SLAMSanlam Kenya Plc1.01B6.98+16.3%
SCBKStandard Chartered Bank Limited70.2B185.75+14.7%

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. Langat HenryLangat Henry
    Mar 16, 2024 08:56 GMT

    Really want to make investment on shares. Kindly need some advice . Reach me through 0728134699. Thanks.

  2. VallaryVallary
    Mar 5, 2024 11:56 GMT

    Does compound interest apply when continuously and consisténtly investing in a specific company

  3. Nathan murangiriNathan murangiri
    Jan 3, 2024 23:56 GMT

    I want to enter in sheres deals.
    But I have no idea

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      Jan 19, 2024 05:45 GMT

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  4. GraceGrace
    Aug 11, 2023 09:05 GMT

    How do I invest, need help

    1. JESSEJESSE
      Sep 3, 2023 10:41 GMT

      Please contact: 0718187437

  5. John kamauJohn kamau
    Aug 1, 2023 10:42 GMT

    I will like to invest

    1. IanIan
      Jan 19, 2024 05:46 GMT

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  6. Edith johnEdith john
    Jun 30, 2023 16:41 GMT

    Thanks to equity for giving us dividends. Even in this bad economy

    1. DouglasDouglas
      Jul 1, 2023 09:47 GMT

      Not seen my dividends yet. Now just living in hope.

  7. Susan MainaSusan Maina
    Jun 21, 2023 16:11 GMT

    Looking at the current analysis with equity n current share price, is it the right time to buy.

    1. DouglasDouglas
      Jun 23, 2023 14:02 GMT

      Thank you for your helpful comment.

  8. DouglasDouglas
    Apr 23, 2023 10:46 GMT

    Need advice on Equity Bank shares. Is it time to buy or sell?

    1. The fundraiserThe fundraiser
      Jun 14, 2023 07:19 GMT

      Definitely time to buy. Investments in Congo are beginning to return. Likewise for other subsidiaries such as Rwanda. Stock has high probability of going up to KES. 50 within the year.

  9. wycliffewycliffe
    Feb 28, 2023 06:41 GMT

    i feel encouraged but i dont know how to buy shares online

    1. IanIan
      Jan 19, 2024 05:48 GMT

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  10. Gilbert OpiyoGilbert Opiyo
    Sep 23, 2022 12:45 GMT

    Very encouraging. I need to start investing in shares

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