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Largest Public Companies in Kenya
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Safaricom, Equity Group Holdings, Softcare, KCB Group PLC and East African Breweries.
 | Safaricom PLC is a Kenya-based telecommunications company. The principal activities of the company are the provision of telecommunication services, providing a comprehensive range of integrated telecommunication services including voice and data both mobile and fixed, SMS, the internet, and m-pesa. The company also offers a wide range of devices such as Mobile handsets, mobile broadband modems, routers, tablets, and notebooks. The majority of its revenue comes from service revenues: Voice, m-pesa, mobile data, messaging, fixed data and other service revenue. The company serves both individual and corporate/enterprise customers. | $0 | +26% | $10B | $11B | 3.3x | 6.4x | ||
| Equity Group Holdings Ltd offers banking and financial services in Kenya. The company offers retail banking, microfinance, and related services. It operates in six geographical markets, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The consumer business line focuses on salaried customers or customers receiving other regular remittances, such as pensions. The revenue is derived from Kenya. The firm offers Equity loans, Farm inputs, Mortgage loans, Asset finance loans, Trade finance, Development loans, and Business loans. | $1 | +59% | $2B | $3B | 1.8x | - | ||
| Softcare Ltd is a hygiene product corporation principally engaged in the development, manufacturing and sales of baby and feminine hygiene products, including baby diapers, baby pants, sanitary pads and wet wipes. Geographically it operates in Africa, Latin America and Central Asia. It offers a variety of baby and feminine hygiene products under brands like Softcare, as well as Veesper, Maya, Cuettie and Clincleer. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the sales of hygiene products in Africa. | $4 | -- | $2B | $2B | 3.1x | 11.3x | ||
| KCB Group Ltd provides banking services. The company's operating segment includes Retail Banking; Corporate Banking; Mortgages; Treasury and Others. It generates maximum revenue from the Corporate banking segment. The Retail banking segment incorporates banking services such as current accounts, fixed deposits, overdrafts, loans, and other credit facilities both in local and foreign currencies for corporate customers. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Kenya, and also has its presence in Tanzania, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and DRC. | $1 | +49% | $2B | $2B | 1.6x | - | ||
| East African Breweries PLC is a branded alcohol beverage company. The firm and its subsidiaries are involved in the marketing, production, and distribution of a collection of brands that range from beer, spirits, and adult non-alcoholic drinks. The company has invested in breweries, distilleries, support industries, and a distribution network across the region. The firm derives its revenue mainly from brewing, marketing, and selling of drinks, malt, and barley. Its geographical segments include Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, of which the majority of the revenue is generated from Kenya. | $2 | -- | $2B | $2B | 1.7x | 5.8x | ||
| Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd is engaged in corporate banking, retail banking, investment, and asset management services in Kenya. The Bank is organized into three main operating segments based on products and services as, Retail Banking which includes loans deposits and other transactions and balances with retail customers, and Wholesale Banking which include loans deposits and other transactions and balances with corporate and institutional customers, and Group Functions which mainly comprises of support departments such as ICT, Finance and shared services among others. It generates the majority of its revenue from Retail Banking. The group's operations are within the two geographical segments of Kenya and South Sudan. | $0 | +78% | $1B | $2B | 2.7x | - | ||
| Kenya Pipeline Co PLC is engaged in developing, operating and maintaining an efficient, safe, reliable and cost-effective system for the transportation, storage and distribution of refined petroleum products from the port of Mombasa to various inland depots. The Company has expanded its operations through the construction of pipeline infrastructure, storage tanks and loading facilities that support the national and regional petroleum supply chain. The Company currently operates a network comprising approximately 1,342 kilometres of pipeline, which operates a national pipeline network of 1,342 km and current total storage capacity of 1,138,324 m3. | $0 | -- | $1B | $1B | - | - | ||
| ABSA Bank Kenya PLC is a diversified financial services company offering clients a range of retail, business, corporate and investment, and wealth management solutions. The company's operating segment includes Consumer banking and Corporate banking. It generates maximum revenue from the Consumer Banking segment. The Consumer Banking segment incorporates private customer current accounts, savings, deposits, credit and debit cards, consumer loans, and mortgages. Its Corporate Banking segment includes the business model that centers on delivering specialist investment banking, financing, risk management, and advisory solutions across asset classes to corporates, financial institutions and government clients. | $0 | -- | $1B | $1B | 2.7x | - | ||
| NCBA Group PLC provides retail, corporate and digital banking, brokerage, bancassurance and investment banking services. It has six segments namely - Corporate and Institutional banking, Retail banking (SME and Consumer banking), Treasury dealing, Insurance, Digital Bank and Investment banking. Majority of the revenue comes from Kenya following Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. | $1 | -- | $1B | $1B | 2.1x | - | ||
| Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ltd offers a variety of local and foreign currency banking solutions to meet its clients, transactional, borrowing and investment needs. It has a diversified portfolio cutting across select sectors that include business services, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, transport and communication, real estate, agriculture, energy and water. The company's segments are mainly Corporate and Investment Banking; Wealth and Retail Banking; Central and Other items. | $3 | -- | $974M | $974M | 3.0x | - | ||
| Stanbic Holdings PLC is a financial services company. It is organized into two business units, Corporate and Investment Banking, Personal and Business Banking. Corporate and Investment Banking provides commercial and investment financial services to larger corporate, financial institutions, and international counter parties. The company's products include transactional products and services and investment banking. The Personal and Business Banking provides banking services to individual customers and small to medium-sized enterprises. The products offered include mortgage lending, instalment sales, and finance leases, card products, transactional and lending products, amongst others. | $2 | -- | $851M | $958M | 3.1x | - | ||
| I&M Group PLC is a non-operating holding company, along with its subsidiaries providing banking, financial, and related services. The group operations are divided into five geographical segments, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Mauritius, and Uganda. It offers a range of personal banking products, such as bank accounts, cards, mobile banking, Internet banking, investment management services, loans, foreign exchange, and funds transfer. Business banking products include business accounts, loans, e-commerce, salary processing, trade services, interest rates, foreign exchange, insurance premium financing, funds transfer, asset finance, and cash management services. | $0 | -- | $698M | $803M | 1.7x | - | ||
| KenGen Co PLC is East Africa’s electric power producer, mandated to develop, manage, and operate power plants to generate electricity, including geothermal energy and thermal energy. The Company’s primary reportable segment is electricity generation, which is its sole product and revenue stream. In line with its revenue diversification strategy, it has undertaken drilling and consultancy services in Ethiopia, Djibouti, and Eswatini, with drilling operations in Ethiopia and Djibouti now concluded. All its plants are based in Kenya and operate within one geographical location. | $0 | -- | $467M | $1B | 3.3x | 4.7x | ||
| B AT Kenya is tobacco company. It is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of cigarettes and tobacco in Kenya. The company offers its products under the brands, such as Dunhill, Benson & Hedges and Sportsman. | $4 | +44% | $405M | $357M | 2.0x | 5.4x | ||
| Diamond Trust Bank Ltd is a regional bank that provides banking, insurance agency, and other related services to the general public. It offers various banking services, including corporate, retail, and commercial. The company focuses on the small and medium-sized enterprises sector. It has four business segments: Diamond Trust Bank Tanzania Limited, Diamond Trust Bank Uganda Limited, Diamond Trust Bank Burundi S.A, and Kenya. The Trust's majority of revenue is generated from its home country, Kenya. | $1 | +86% | $311M | $348M | 1.0x | - | ||
| Kenya Airways Plc is engaged in the international, regional, and domestic carriage of passengers and cargo by air, the provision of ground handling services to other airlines, and the handling of import and export cargo. The company's segments include passengers, freight, mail, handling, and others. It operates domestic flights and flies to Africa, the Middle East, Asia, America, and Europe. The company is engaged in four business segments: Passenger, Freight and Mail, Handling, and Other revenue. Key revenue is generated from the Passenger segment. | $0 | +18% | $250M | $2B | 1.4x | 14.1x | ||
| The Kenya Power & Lighting Co PLC is an electric power distribution company. The core business of the company includes transmission, distribution, and retail of electricity throughout Kenya. The company's business is organized by regions comprising Nairobi, Mount Kenya, Coast, and West Kenya. The firm also owns and operates an electricity transmission and distribution system in Kenya. The majority of the company's revenue is derived from the Nairobi region. | $0 | -- | $239M | $867M | 0.5x | 2.0x | ||
| East African Cables Ltd manufactures a range of cables and conductors for applications in domestic and industrial lighting, transmission, and distribution of electricity. Its product portfolio comprises house wiring cables, flexible cables, armoured (underground) cables, auto and battery cables, electrical accessories, data and telecommunication cables, and others. The company has three reportable segments, which are its geographic locations, and include Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The majority of the company's revenue is generated from Kenya and Uganda. | -- | $0 | -- | $3M | $31M | 1.5x | 28.8x | |
| Median | $0 | +49% | $1B | $1B | 2.0x | 6.1x |
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