Financials Safaricom PLC

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SCOM

KE1000001402

Wireless Telecommunications Services

End-of-day quote Nairobi S.E. 06:00:00 2024-06-09 pm EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
18.1 KES -1.36% Intraday chart for Safaricom PLC +1.12% +30.22%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: March 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 1,103,803 1,059,731 1,452,372 1,368,234 725,184 735,201 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 1,079,763 1,040,971 1,440,408 1,402,766 788,628 711,161 849,895 848,092
P/E ratio 17.7 x 14.4 x 21.2 x 19.6 x 11.7 x 11.3 x 9.59 x 8.49 x
Yield 4.54% 5.29% 3.78% 4.07% 6.63% 6.32% 7.53% 8.87%
Capitalization / Revenue 4.41 x 4.04 x 5.5 x 4.59 x 2.33 x 2.04 x 1.87 x 1.72 x
EV / Revenue 4.31 x 3.96 x 5.46 x 4.71 x 2.54 x 2.04 x 2.16 x 1.98 x
EV / EBITDA 8.69 x 7.54 x 10.7 x 9.41 x 5.64 x 4.36 x 4.6 x 4.21 x
EV / FCF 17.1 x 14.8 x 22.3 x 22 x 15.8 x 26.6 x 20.8 x 12.1 x
FCF Yield 5.84% 6.75% 4.48% 4.54% 6.32% 3.76% 4.8% 8.26%
Price to Book 7.65 x 7.4 x 10.6 x 9.81 x 3.87 x 4.21 x 3.55 x 3.25 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 40,065,428 40,065,428 40,065,428 40,065,428 40,065,428 40,065,428 - -
Reference price 2 27.55 26.45 36.25 34.15 18.10 18.35 18.35 18.35
Announcement Date 5/3/19 4/29/20 5/13/21 5/12/22 5/11/23 5/9/24 - -
1KES in Million2KES
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Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: März 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 250,280 262,560 264,026 298,078 310,905 349,447 393,050 427,820
EBITDA 1 124,300 138,040 134,129 149,062 139,862 163,293 184,776 201,286
EBIT 1 88,970 101,490 96,165 109,129 84,997 80,345 96,316 111,678
Operating Margin 35.55% 38.65% 36.42% 36.61% 27.34% 22.99% 24.5% 26.1%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 91,220 105,770 93,636 102,213 88,345 84,687 88,967 102,731
Net income 1 62,490 73,660 68,676 69,648 62,269 62,992 51,968 62,252
Net margin 24.97% 28.05% 26.01% 23.37% 20.03% 18.03% 13.22% 14.55%
EPS 2 1.560 1.840 1.710 1.740 1.550 1.570 1.913 2.161
Free Cash Flow 1 63,110 70,270 64,516 63,670 49,820 31,831 40,812 70,074
FCF margin 25.22% 26.76% 24.44% 21.36% 16.02% 9.46% 10.38% 16.38%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 50.77% 50.91% 48.1% 42.71% 35.62% 19.35% 22.09% 34.81%
FCF Conversion (Net income) 100.99% 95.4% 93.94% 91.42% 80.01% 64.71% 78.53% 112.56%
Dividend per Share 2 1.250 1.400 1.370 1.390 1.200 1.159 1.381 1.628
Announcement Date 5/3/19 4/29/20 5/13/21 5/12/22 5/11/23 5/9/24 - -
1KES in Million2KES
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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: March 2020 S1 2021 S2 2022 S1
Net sales 1 129,930 - 146,368
EBITDA 1 68,370 - 77,405
EBIT 1 50,250 - 57,912
Operating Margin 38.67% - 39.57%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 51,320 - -
Net income 1 35,200 - 37,172
Net margin 27.09% - 25.4%
EPS 2 0.8800 - 0.9200
Dividend per Share - 0.9200 -
Announcement Date 11/1/19 5/13/21 11/10/21
1KES in Million2KES
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: March 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 - - - 34,531 63,444 110,697 114,695 112,891
Net Cash position 1 24,040 18,760 11,964 - - - - -
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) - - - 0.2317 x 0.4536 x 0.673 x 0.6207 x 0.5609 x
Free Cash Flow 1 63,110 70,270 64,516 63,670 49,820 31,831 40,812 70,074
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 46.6% 51.3% 48.9% 50.3% 38.1% 35.2% 31.9% 35%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 34.7% 36.3% 30.9% 24.1% - - 6.4% 5.9%
Assets 1 179,960 202,850 221,930 288,714 - - 812,005 1,055,124
Book Value Per Share 2 3.600 3.570 3.440 3.480 4.680 4.360 5.170 5.650
Cash Flow per Share 2 2.490 2.760 2.620 2.770 2.900 3.810 3.410 4.000
Capex 1 37,250 36,100 34,960 49,779 66,331 75,613 71,875 86,442
Capex / Sales 14.88% 13.75% 13.24% 16.7% 21.33% 22.48% 18.29% 20.21%
Announcement Date 5/3/19 4/29/20 5/13/21 5/12/22 5/11/23 5/9/24 - -
1KES in Million2KES
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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
C+
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
18.35 KES
Average target price
23.88 KES
Spread / Average Target
+30.15%
Consensus

Annual profits - Rate of surprise

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