A Banking Sector in Full Earnings Mode — EQTY at the Centre
With the Nairobi Securities Exchange posting a flat session on Wednesday 25 March 2026 — the NASI unchanged at 209.42, the NSE 20 at 3,881.11 and the NSE 25 at 5,888.14 — the day's real action is unfolding in the banking sector. Six major Kenyan lenders simultaneously released unaudited results for the period ended 30 September 2025: ABSA Bank Kenya, Diamond Trust Bank, I&M Group, KCB Group, Co-operative Bank and NCBA Group. Against this backdrop of sector-wide disclosure, Equity Group Holdings — East Africa's largest bank by customer count — sits squarely in the analytical spotlight.
Key Figures — EQTY, 25 March 2026
- Share price: 76.5 KES
- 5-session performance: -0.6% (77.0 → 76.5 KES)
- P/E ratio: 6.2x
- Dividend yield: 5.56%
- RSI (14-day): 57.45
- USD/KES: 129.65 (+0.89% on the day)
Technical Picture: Consolidation, Not Capitulation
Tracking NSE share prices for EQTY over the past five sessions reveals a tight trading range: the stock opened the week at 77.0 KES, briefly touched 78.0 KES on Thursday before retreating to 76.5 KES today — a net decline of . This is not a breakdown. The RSI at sits comfortably in neutral territory, well below the overbought threshold of 70 and far above the oversold level of 30. The brief spike to 78.0 KES tested a short-term resistance level; the pullback to 76.5 KES represents a reset rather than a reversal.