Ratings Safaricom PLC

Equities

SCOM

KE1000001402

End-of-day quote Nairobi S.E. 03:30:00 30/04/2024 am IST 5-day change 1st Jan Change
15.95 KES -0.31% Intraday chart for Safaricom PLC -0.93% +14.75%

Summary

  • The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
  • The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.

Strengths

  • The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
  • The group's high margin levels account for strong profits.
  • Its low valuation, with P/E ratio at 9.66 and 8.35 for the ongoing fiscal year and 2025 respectively, makes the stock pretty attractive with regard to earnings multiples.
  • This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
  • For the last few months, EPS revisions have remained quite promising. Analysts now anticipate higher profitability levels than before.
  • Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
  • The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
  • Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.

Weaknesses

  • The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Chart ESG Refinitiv

Sector: Wireless Telecommunications Services

1st Jan change Capi. Investor Rating ESG Refinitiv
+14.75% 4.75B
C+
+27.22% 94.28B
C+
+7.93% 57.32B
A-
-12.93% 23.4B
A-
-16.94% 20.25B
C
+6.01% 10.62B
C
-18.12% 10.51B
C
+1.72% 10.21B
B+
+1.25% 8.95B
B+
-21.58% 8.79B
B-
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Financials

Sales growth
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EBITDA / Sales
Profitability
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Valuation

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EV / Sales
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Yield

Momentum

1 year Revenue revision
4 months Revenue revision
7 days Revenue revision
1 year EPS revision
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Consensus

Analyst Opinion
Potential Price Target
4m Target Price Revision
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12m Revision of opinion

Business Predictability

Analyst Coverage
Divergence of Estimates
Divergence of analysts' opinions
Divergence of Target Price
Earnings quality

Environment

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Innovation
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Governance

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