Centum Investment Co (NAI:CTUM) Risk Assessment

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NAI:CTUM Centum Investment Co Ltd NAI:CTUM
35 GF Score
Price KES18.60
GF Value KES2.52
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 11 Warning Signs
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What is Centum Investment Co Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Centum Investment Co is: High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff.

Centum Investment Co  (NAI:CTUM) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Centum Investment Co Risk Assessment Related Terms

NAI:CTUM vs MS, GS, SCHW: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Centum Investment Co's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Centum Investment Co Risk Assessment vs Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Centum Investment Co's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Centum Investment Co's Risk Assessment falls into.


NAI:CTUM
35GF Score
Centum Investment Co Ltd NAI:CTUM
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Is Centum Investment Co (NAI:CTUM) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Centum Investment Co stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of KES18.60 is trading 638.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of KES2.52. GuruFocus considers Centum Investment Co to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for NAI:CTUM:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: KES2.52 vs. price of KES18.60 (638.1% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 35/100 with 11 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the NAI:CTUM stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Centum Investment Co Business Description

Address Limuru Road, Two Rivers Office Towers, P.O. Box 10518, 9th Floor, South Tower, Nairobi, KEN, 00100
Centum Investment Co Ltd is an investment company that provides access to a portfolio of inaccessible, quality, diversified investments to investors. Its objective is to consistently generate market-beating returns by building extraordinary enterprises throughout Africa. The company's operating segment include Private Equity; Real Estate and Marketable securities. The Private Equity segment includes publishing, financial services, and utility companies as well as also responsible for managing Development Portfolio. The Marketable securities segment includes dividend and interest income, real estate sales and proceeds from exits in the private equity and marketable securities portfolios and the Real Estate segment includes developments in East Africa.
35GF Score

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KES18.60
Price
KES2.52
GF Value