East African Cables Limited is a Kenya-based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of electrical cables and conductors. Its product range includes copper cables, aluminum conductors, fiber optic cables, as well as telecommunication and data cables and related accessories. The Company's products are manufactured cables for applications in domestic and Industrial lighting, as well as transmission and distribution of electricity. The company has four manufacturing facilities; two in Nairobi, Kenya, one in Dar es Salaam Tanzania and one in Eastern DRC. It has a network of agencies and branches throughout the region. E A Cables Ltd operates through its subsidiary, East African Cables (Tanzania) Limited, in which it holds a 51% stake.NOTE: Shares of East African Cables are currently suspended from trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) since close of trading on Friday, June 20, 2025. East African Cables is traded on the NSE under the ticker symbol “CABL”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of NSE:CABL is KE0000000174. East African Cables is currently the 60th most valuable stock on the NSE with a market capitalization of KES 433 million, which makes about 0.01% of the Nairobi Securities Exchange equity market. The current share price of East African Cables (CABL) is KES 1.71. CABL closed its last trading day (Friday, June 20, 2025) at 1.71 KES per share on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), recording a 1.2% drop from its previous closing price of 1.73 KES. East African Cables began the year with a share price of 1.08 KES and has since gained 58.3% on that price valuation. Investors should, however, take caution of CABL’s recent poor performance, having lost 21% of its value in the past four weeks. East African Cables has traded a total volume of 3.39 million shares—in 1,787 deals—valued at KES 6.21 million over the past three months (Mar 18 - Jun 20, 2025), averaging a volume of 53,759 shares (valued at KES 98,640) per session. A volume high of 611,500 was achieved on May 30th, and a low of 3,100 on June 11th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of East African Cables on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. East African Cables Plc operates in the Industrials sector. East African Cables Plc, issuers of the CABL stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, have four market competitors who are also engaged in the Industrials sector. The table below presents an overview of their market standing. It's now???Upvote (3)Downvote I want to buy sharesUpvote (3)Downvote (1) The company will die soonUpvote (2)Downvote(1) It is taking too long for the company to improvement something requires to be doneUpvote (1)DownvoteShowing 1 - 3 of 3
| Ticker | Company | Price | 1Y | Mkt Cap | P/E | Yield |
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| BAMB | Bamburi Cement Ltd | 54.00 | +0.00% | KES 19.6B | 15.2× | 10.1% |
| PORT | East African Portland Cement | 117.00 | +96.64% | KES 10.5B | 5.8× | 0.8% |
| CRWN | Crown Paints Kenya Ltd | 61.75 | +1.23% | KES 8.8B | 9.3× | 4.9% |
| ARM | ARM Cement Ltd | 5.50 | +0.00% | KES 5.3B | — | — |
| CABL | East African Cables | 1.71 | +0.00% | KES 432.6M | — | — |