earthvoice wrote:I've been following the duel between Equity and KCB for a while now, at least in terms of share prices, and there doesn't seem to be much between them. For example, Equity is currently trading at ~ KSh25.00 while KCB is at ~ KSh25.50-25.75, as opposed to earlier in the year when Equity peaked at KSh 30.00 and KCB was at KSh 23.50-24.00.
My questions are:
- in your opinion, between Equity and KCB, which is the better bet for medium to long-term investment?
- following the conclusion of the prolonged sell-off by the foreign investor(s) that led to the price dip seen in recent weeks, is Equity expected to recover its pre-dividend price of KSh 27.00-28.00 any time soon?
These are the latest exposure of both equity and kcb to npls and interest expense.
equity- npl kshs 18,754,823,000
LLP- 37%
interest expense over income ratio 22%
kcb-npl kshs 31,812,856,000
LLP-51%
interest expense over income ratio-25%
Based on the above statistics i choose kcb.
i want to be rich and so i cannot afford to fear risk.Equity seems to play safe as evidenced by lower exposure to npls and interest expense.Kcb looks sharp.Despite its high exposure,its provisions are also higher.
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