Centum Investment Company Plc

UGSE:CENT Stock Report

Market Cap: USh262.1b

Centum Investment Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 1/6

Centum Investment has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 36.8%, while the Capital Markets industry saw earnings growing at 21.5% annually. Revenues have been declining at an average rate of 2.9% per year. Centum Investment's return on equity is 1.9%, and it has net margins of 24%.

Key information

36.84%

Earnings growth rate

-52.05%

EPS growth rate

Capital Markets Industry Growth-1.27%
Revenue growth rate-2.88%
Return on equity1.94%
Net Margin23.98%
Next Earnings Update31 Jul 2026

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Centum Investment makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

UGSE:CENT Revenue, expenses and earnings (KES Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 255,6761,3612,8300
30 Jun 255,8771,3512,7760
31 Mar 256,0781,3402,7220
31 Dec 247,1382,1142,6310
30 Sep 248,1982,8871,9830
30 Jun 249,7442,8471,9700
31 Mar 2411,2892,8072,5140
31 Dec 2311,489-2542,1240
30 Sep 2311,706-3,3151,7330
30 Jun 2311,230-3,7471,6510
31 Mar 2310,738-4,1801,5680
31 Dec 2210,478-3,4031,7110
30 Sep 2210,219-1,9931,5500
30 Jun 2210,654-1,6791,5120
31 Mar 2211,089-1,3651,4730
31 Dec 2112,727-161,1340
30 Sep 219,8257011,3960
30 Jun 218,313411,3730
31 Mar 216,660-6191,3500
31 Dec 20914-1,2862,6550
30 Sep 2012,149-1,9531,3820
30 Jun 2018,5542,4331,4790
31 Mar 2022,9096,8202,6120
31 Dec 1928,8478,1595200
30 Sep 1932,8119,1572,0920
30 Jun 1928,5156,8022,0920
31 Mar 1924,2195,1572,0920
30 Sep 1820,6683,3842,6310
30 Jun 1819,6982,9412,5730
31 Mar 1818,7292,4982,5160
30 Sep 1721,5186,8042,5660
30 Jun 1721,4636,9682,4510
31 Mar 1721,4087,1332,3350
31 Dec 1623,0637,5488160
30 Sep 1624,2717,8228080
30 Jun 1624,2187,8191,4520
31 Mar 1624,1657,8162,0970
31 Dec 1521,2407,6393,0560
30 Sep 1518,3147,4634,0160
30 Jun 1515,0707,2083,2260

Quality Earnings: CENT has a large one-off gain of KES4.2B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2025.

Growing Profit Margin: CENT's current net profit margins (24%) are lower than last year (35.2%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: CENT has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 36.8% per year.

Accelerating Growth: CENT's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: CENT had negative earnings growth (-52.9%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Capital Markets industry average (10.6%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: CENT's Return on Equity (1.9%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/08 00:34
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/08 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2025/03/31

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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Centum Investment Company Plc is covered by 1 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Sarah WangaAIB-AXYS Africa Limited