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Kenyan (NSE) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedAug 11, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies10
  • 7D-1.5%
  • 3M11.3%
  • 1Y33.3%
  • YTD8.0%

The Consumer Staples industry has stayed flat over the last week. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 36% in that time.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Kenyan Consumer Staples Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 11 Aug 2026KSh303.9bKSh216.2bKSh24.8b24.3x12.2x1.4x
Thu, 09 Jul 2026KSh299.0bKSh206.5bKSh19.1b24.6x15.6x1.4x
Sat, 06 Jun 2026KSh269.3bKSh207.2bKSh19.0b16.7x14.2x1.3x
Mon, 04 May 2026KSh277.4bKSh207.2bKSh19.1b15.3x14.5x1.3x
Wed, 01 Apr 2026KSh283.4bKSh207.2bKSh19.1b15.8x14.8x1.4x
Fri, 27 Feb 2026KSh285.3bKSh208.0bKSh18.2b16.1x15.7x1.4x
Sun, 25 Jan 2026KSh263.0bKSh200.4bKSh15.1b17.2x17.4x1.3x
Tue, 23 Dec 2025KSh287.7bKSh198.8bKSh14.3b13.8x20.1x1.4x
Thu, 20 Nov 2025KSh252.7bKSh198.8bKSh14.3b13.7x17.7x1.3x
Sat, 18 Oct 2025KSh239.6bKSh197.5bKSh14.0b24.2x17.2x1.2x
Mon, 15 Sep 2025KSh242.3bKSh197.5bKSh14.0b16.3x17.3x1.2x
Wed, 13 Aug 2025KSh228.5bKSh197.1bKSh16.8b13.7x13.6x1.2x
Fri, 11 Jul 2025KSh223.6bKSh193.9bKSh13.2b14.7x16.9x1.2x
Sun, 08 Jun 2025KSh195.7bKSh193.8bKSh13.4b14.9x14.6x1x
Tue, 06 May 2025KSh191.5bKSh193.8bKSh13.4b14.1x14.3x1x
Thu, 03 Apr 2025KSh203.7bKSh193.8bKSh13.4b27.8x15.2x1.1x
Sat, 01 Mar 2025KSh204.5bKSh194.2bKSh13.8b15.4x14.8x1.1x
Mon, 27 Jan 2025KSh209.2bKSh191.3bKSh12.9b18.7x16.3x1.1x
Wed, 25 Dec 2024KSh194.9bKSh190.8bKSh13.8b14x14.1x1x
Fri, 22 Nov 2024KSh196.0bKSh190.7bKSh13.8b11.4x14.2x1x
Sun, 20 Oct 2024KSh202.7bKSh191.7bKSh14.2b12.6x14.3x1.1x
Tue, 17 Sep 2024KSh178.3bKSh191.0bKSh14.3b10.9x12.4x0.9x
Thu, 15 Aug 2024KSh175.5bKSh190.7bKSh16.8b11x10.4x0.9x
Sat, 13 Jul 2024KSh173.8bKSh186.9bKSh14.6b14.9x11.9x0.9x
Mon, 10 Jun 2024KSh173.3bKSh186.8bKSh14.8b14.5x11.7x0.9x
Wed, 08 May 2024KSh181.0bKSh187.6bKSh16.1b15x11.3x1x
Fri, 05 Apr 2024KSh168.2bKSh187.5bKSh16.0b11x10.5x0.9x
Sun, 03 Mar 2024KSh145.0bKSh186.1bKSh16.7b8.4x8.7x0.8x
Tue, 30 Jan 2024KSh141.9bKSh186.0bKSh16.4b9.3x8.6x0.8x
Thu, 28 Dec 2023KSh151.3bKSh177.2bKSh18.7b9.2x8.1x0.9x
Sat, 25 Nov 2023KSh152.2bKSh170.9bKSh18.5b9.2x8.2x0.9x
Mon, 23 Oct 2023KSh167.7bKSh170.8bKSh18.4b10.6x9.1x1x
Wed, 20 Sep 2023KSh169.1bKSh170.8bKSh18.4b10.7x9.2x1x
Fri, 18 Aug 2023KSh169.8bKSh170.8bKSh18.6b9.4x9.1x1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

9.1x


Total Market Cap: KSh169.8bTotal Earnings: KSh18.6bTotal Revenue: KSh170.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Kenyan Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 13.3x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Kenyan Consumer Staples industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 13.3x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.1x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.4x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have grown 10% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 8.2% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Kenyan Consumer Staples sector?

KE Market-1.20%
Consumer Staples-1.53%
Food and Staples Retail0%0
Beverage-1.07%
Food-1.75%
Tobacco-3.17%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 1.5x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Tobacco industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 7.8x.
Forecasted GrowthThere is insufficient data on the sub-industries of this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
KUKZ KakuziKSh433.751.5%
+KSh122.5m		8.4%PE21.9x
WTK Williamson Tea KenyaKSh156.001.3%
+KSh70.1m		32.3%PE47x
EGAD EaagadsKSh29.353.7%
+KSh33.8m		95.7%PE79.7x
UCHM Uchumi SupermarketKSh1.634.5%
+KSh25.5m		425.8%PE68.5x

Latest News

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KSh277.50
East African Breweries
7D
-1.1%
1Y
33.3%
EGAD
KSh29.35
Eaagads
7D
3.7%
1Y
95.7%
KAPC
KSh335.50
Kapchorua Tea Kenya
7D
-2.3%
1Y
110.2%
WTK
KSh156.00
Williamson Tea Kenya
7D
1.3%
1Y
32.3%
BAT
KSh549.00
British American Tobacco Kenya
7D
-3.2%
1Y
29.2%
UNGA
KSh31.30
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7D
-8.6%
1Y
60.1%
LIMT
KSh525.00
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7D
-2.4%
1Y
69.4%
UCHM
KSh1.63
Uchumi Supermarket
7D
4.5%
1Y
425.8%
KUKZ
KSh433.75
Kakuzi
7D
1.5%
1Y
8.4%
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