reports
- Chris Hoare
Sub-Saharan African Telecoms Solid top line, decent overall performan...
Q1 was a solid quarter for the Sub-Saharan African operators, especially from a top line perspective. Airtel Africa continued to outperform peers overall. We continue to think that fundamentals for AAF and MTN are strong and deserve more attention. Valuations are compelling too.
- Chris Hoare
Nigerian Telcos Q1 24 review: Strong underlying top line, weak profit...
Nigerian Telcos continue to perform well from a top line perspective. Market service revenue growth accelerated (again) in Q1 with both MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa growing underlying service revenue by ~33% YoY. As expected, EBITDA and profit metrics were weaker (especially for MTN) because of the Naira devaluation in Q1
- Chris Hoare
Bharti Airtel, Airtel Africa & Singtel At $100bn, downgrade Bharti Ai...
Bharti crossing $100bn market cap makes us address the question of which parts of the Bharti/Singtel/Airtel Africa capital structure are most attractive. Bharti has the momentum, but the valuation gap is now extreme. Reversion to the mean will likely happen at some point which means sensible investors in Bharti should now be switching into Singtel (for yield) or Airtel Africa (for growth).
Airtel Africa Plc 2024FYE Performance - Strong Local Currency Sales Ha...
Currency Woes Persist in Nigeria In three operating regions, AIRTELAFRI recorded stronger YoY reporting currency revenue growth in only Francophone Africa . In reporting currency terms, Francophone Africa grew by 12.39% YoY to NGN1.35bn in 2024FYE (vs. 6.21% YoY in 2023FYE). This growth was stronger than 10.34% YoY in 2024FYE recorded in constant currency (vs. 12.66% YoY in 2023FYE), due to currency appreciation in the Central African Franc during the period. Stable Operating Margins: Lower...
- Chris Hoare
EM Telcos EM Enterprise Revenues Continue to Grow Strongly
In this note we revisit and update our thesis that Enterprise in EM is following an S-Curve, using 2023 reported figures. Enterprise customer growth continues to exhibit an S-Curve, and absolute Enterprise revenues added remains very strong in many EMs despite a slowdown in growth rates. We remain bullish on this space.
- Chris Hoare
Airtel Africa (Buy, TP: GBP1.5, +42%) Q4 24: Decent, Solid top line b...
Airtel Africa has published a decent set of Q4 results. Top line performance remained strong, service revenue growth in local currency came in above consensus expectations and above our expectations. EBITDA trends slowed (but remained decent given the macro context in Q1) and margins came in 1pp below consensus and us.
- Chris Hoare
- Chris Hoare
African Telcos Deep dive on Fintech valuations; stay Bullish on AAF a...
We deep dive on African Telco’s Fintech valuations in this note which is a follow up of our higher-level note Show me the (Mobile) Money. African Telcos are becoming more active about unlocking value from Mobile Money (MoMo) with MTN’s recent deal with Mastercard and now rumours that AAF is looking to IPO its MoMo business. Global Fintech/Payments multiples have derated over the past couple of years, but we continue to see great value in the African Telco’s MoMo assets which remain one the key n...
- Chris Hoare
- Chris Hoare
Airtel Africa (Buy, TP: 210p, +83%) Q3 24: Solid underlying performan...
Airtel Africa has published a solid set of Q3 results with both revenue and EBITDA trends accelerating in local currency. Margins over the first nine month of the year are trending above 9m23 which is in line with the message given in Q2.
- Chris Hoare
African Telcos & Towers Outlook 2024; Fundamental strength masked by ...
2023 was a relatively tough year for African Telcos, with strong macro headwinds driving currency weakness and cost pressures. With inflation starting to subside some of this pressure is easing, although some African currencies may continue to weaken.
- Chris Hoare
Sub-Saharan African Telecoms Decent quarter in a challenging macro en...
Q3 was a decent quarter for Sub-Saharan African (SSA) operators. Fundamentals remain strong. We have updated forecasts post Q3 results, and our recommendations and target prices remain unchanged, except for Safaricom. AAF remains our preferred play in Africa.
- Chris Hoare
Nigerian Telcos Solid underlying top line and KPIs, mixed EBITDA; Q3 ...
Market service revenue growth slightly slowed but remained robust in Q3. Both MTN and AAF managed to grow underlying service revenue just above 20% YoY, which is a solid performance given the current macro-economic pressures and the absence of price increases.
Airtel Africa Plc H1:2024 FYE Performance - Charting through Tumultuou...
FX Devaluation Hinder Revenue Growth In its recently released H1:2024 financial result, Airtel Africa Plc (AIRTELAFRI) posted a marginal increase in its consolidated topline in reporting currency. Overall Revenue increased by 2.28% YoY in H1:2024 (vs. 12.88% YoY in H1:2023). This slowdown in growth can be attributed to currency devaluations across markets in all its regions of operation. In Nigeria, the effect of the FX liberalization policy—which resulted in a sizable devaluation in June 2023—...
- Chris Hoare
Airtel Africa Plc Q1:2024 Performance - The Constraints of Unrealized ...
The Constraints of Unrealized FX Losses Revenue Growth Offset by FX Losses In its recently released Q1:2024 financial result, Airtel Africa Plc (AIRTELAFRI) posted growth in its consolidated topline in reporting currency. During the period, markets in Nigeria and East Africa noted significant currency devaluations which depressed AIRTELAFRI’s Opco’s constant currency growth levels upon a Group consolidation. Solid Operating Margins: Delayed Impact of Naira FX Devaluation In reporting currenc...
Airtel Africa Plc 2023FY Performance - Regulatory Headwinds amidst FX ...
Regulatory Headwinds amidst FX Risk Higher intersegment revenue across all regions In local currency, AIRTELAFRI recorded growth in intersegment revenues (total revenue of each subsidiary prior to consolidation) across all regions, with Nigeria, East and Francophone Africa all ticking higher by 20.30%, 17.40% and 12.70% respectively in 2023FY on a YoY basis. However, upon consolidation and in USD, only the Nigerian market recorded increased revenue by 13.33% to USD2.13bn, while revenue in East...
With a more favourable environment, AIRTEL AFRICA PLC. improves to Pos...
AIRTEL AFRICA PLC. (GB), a company active in the Integrated Telecommunications industry, is favoured by a more supportive environment. The independent financial analyst theScreener has confirmed the fundamental rating of the title, which shows 3 out of 4 stars, as well as its unchanged, defensive market behaviour. The title leverages a more favourable environment and raises its general evaluation to Positive. As of the analysis date February 1, 2022, the closing price was GBp 157.00 and its pote...
Unfortunately, this report is not available for the investor type or country you selected.
Report is subscription only.
Thank you, your report is ready.
Thank you, your report is ready.