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The value of investor wealth on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) hit a year high of Sh2.5 trillion ($22.8 billion) on Friday, lifted by a record rally of the Safaricom share price.

The Safaricom share touched a new all-time high of Sh38.50 in Friday’s trading following the announcement of a Sh0.45 per interim dividend, lifting the Nairobi bourse to levels last seen in February last year before the first case of the coronavirus was reported in the country.

“We have seen the surprise dividend announcement at Safaricom and East African Breweries rally over the past two weeks, and that has sort of lifted the market. I think the rally is still very restricted and is not the entire bourse. The market is picking up success stories and running with it,” said Eric Musau, head of research at Standard Investment Bank.

The upturn marks a relief for the bourse where activity has remained subdued for months as foreign investors rushed to sell off their exposures in emerging markets, wiping out billions of shillings worth of paper wealth by Kenyan investors.

For example, data by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) shows that volumes traded decreased by 24.85 per cent to 969.57 million in quarter four of 2020 compared to 1.29 billion in quarter four of 2019.

“Equity turnover for quarter four of 2020 stood at Sh27.51 Billion, compared to Sh45.01 billion registered in quarter four of 2019; a 38.88 per cent decrease, confirming a decrease in investor participation at the bourse,” CMA director regulatory policy & strategy Luke Ombara said.

The Covid-19 pandemic has negatively affected the performance of many listed firms, forcing them to suspend cash distributions as a result of weaker earnings.

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Safaricom is among the few listed firms that have maintained dividend payouts, leaving investors to scramble for their stocks.

The telecoms operator’s dividend announcement was a surprise to the market, given that it ordinarily does not pay interim dividends at the half year stage.

The announcement on Thursday helped rally the share price by 3.84 percent to close the day at Sh37.80 from the opening price of Sh36.40 as investors scrambled for a piece of the firm’s Sh18 billion interim dividend payout on which books close on March 5.

On Friday, the stock’s gains extended further by 1.6 percent on the back of healthy demand from investors, pushing the capital gains in the counter in the last two sessions to Sh80 billion.

In its statement, Safaricom said that the payout was made “in recognition of the company’s solid half-year performance and to support our shareholders during these difficult economic times occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic”

Safaricom’s net profit in the half year ended September dropped six percent to Sh33 billion due to removal of fees on M-Pesa transactions of up to Sh1,000.

The telco has a policy of paying out at least 80 percent of its full-year net income as dividends, but on two occasions in 2016 and 2019 went further and paid out special dividends from its large cash pile.

The Treasury will bank a gross payout of Sh6.3 billion for its 35 percent stake in the telco, while multinationals Vodacom Group Limited and Vodafone Group Plc will share Sh7.2 billion for their combined 40 percent interest in the firm.

This will leave Sh4.5 billion to be shared out by the firm’s remaining retail and institutional shareholders, a tidy sum that has triggered the rush for the shares.

Safaricom’s market capitalisation climbed to an all-time high of Sh1.5 trillion, commanding more than a half of the entire bourse’s value.

Mr Musau said the recovery may spread to other counters as the numbers start coming in and they show recovery in the business environment.

He said the current pricing reflects the negative sentiments and that investors looking to return to the market will lift the value of shares.

Source: businessdailyafrica
Via: norvanreports
Tags: Capital Markets Authority (CMA)CoronavirusNairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)Safaricom
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