Dividends represent a tangible or realised return booked by investors from their holdings, adding to the paper gains they have made over the last three years in the NSE’s bull run.
By
Patrick Alushula
Business Reporter
Nation Media Group
Banks and Safaricom accounted for 80.2 percent of the total dividends distributed by companies listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in the last full financial year, making them out as the best bet for investors looking for regular income from equities.
Analysts link the dividend payouts to pressure on management to reward investors, the maturity of some listed firms and fewer…
This rising prominence of banks at the NSE has now increased the concentration risk at the market, which has been dominated in…
Top gainers in percentage terms include Car & General at 325 percent to Sh217 per share, Britam at 94 percent to Sh17.65 and…
Safaricom has previously paid dividends ahead of schedule, including in 2024, as it shifted from cheque payments to electronic…
The large blue chips tend to have a larger exposure to foreign investors due to high liquidity, which supports large ticket…
Double-digit returns offered by notes listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in 2025 appear to have fuelled nearly an 80…
