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Airtel Africa Plc

Airtel Africa Plc

AAF · LSE · Communication Services / Telecom Services

285.00GBX+0.60 (+0.21%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close284.40
Open280.40
Day Range279.00 – 287.00
52-Week Range218.96 – 436.16
Volume3.85M
Market Cap11.15B
P/E (TTM)21.97
Forward P/E11.81
EPS0.14
Dividend Yield1.75%
Beta0.47
50-Day Avg331.46
200-Day Avg345.55

About

Airtel Africa Plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications and mobile money services in Nigeria, East Africa, and Francophone Africa. It offers pre and post-paid wireless voice, international roaming, and fixed line telephony services; data services, including 4G and 5G, home broadband, fibre, and data centers; and mobile money services, such as digital wallet payments systems, microloans, merchant, savings, insurance, international, and international money transfers. The company also provides messaging, value added, and tower sharing services, as well as infrastructure sharing, mobile commerce, and support services. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. Airtel Africa Plc is a subsidiary of Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited.

Company Details

  • SectorCommunication Services
  • IndustryTelecom Services
  • CEOMr. Sunil Kumar Taldar
  • Employees4.54K
  • Headquarters15 Davies Street, London, United Kingdom, W1K 3DE, UK
  • Websitehttps://airtel.africa

Leadership

  • Mr. Sunil Kumar TaldarCEO, MD & Executive Director · b. 1965
  • Mr. Kamal DuaCFO & Executive Director · b. 1979
  • Mr. Razvan UngureanuChief Technology Officer
  • Mr. Jacques BarkhuizenChief Information Officer
  • Mr. Alastair JonesHead of Investor Relations
  • Peter OdedinaChief Compliance Officer
  • Mr. Martin P. FrechetteChief legal officer
  • Mr. Rohit MarwhaChief Marketing & Sales Officer · b. 1977
  • Ms. Rogany RamiahChief Human Resources Officer · b. 1972
  • Mr. Daddy Mukadi BujituChief Regulatory Officer

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD2017-03-312018-03-312019-03-312020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Total Revenue2.88B2.91B3.08B3.42B3.91B4.71B5.25B5.00B4.96B6.42B
Growth (%)-+0.90%+5.74%+11.21%+14.20%+20.62%+11.48%-4.85%-0.90%+29.47%
Cost of Revenue1.29B1.21B1.20B1.19B1.27B1.47B1.68B1.81B1.47B1.74B
Gross Profit1.59B1.70B1.88B2.23B2.64B3.25B3.58B3.19B3.48B4.68B
Gross Margin55.24%58.32%61.10%65.14%67.55%68.86%68.07%63.70%70.27%72.92%
Operating Expense1.42B1.15B1.15B3.13B1.52B1.71B1.82B1.54B2.02B2.55B
Operating Income173.00M552.00M734.00M-901.00M1.12B1.53B1.76B1.64B1.46B2.13B
Operating Margin6.00%18.97%23.85%-26.33%28.63%32.56%33.43%32.80%29.40%33.14%
EBITDA355.00M1.01B1.24B1.53B1.68B2.28B2.58B2.16B2.13B3.25B
EBITDA Margin12.31%34.64%40.36%44.68%43.09%48.32%49.00%43.12%42.93%50.69%
Net Income-630.00M-138.00M412.00M370.00M339.00M631.00M663.00M-165.00M220.00M679.00M
Net Income Margin-21.84%-4.74%13.39%10.81%8.67%13.39%12.62%-3.30%4.44%10.58%
Interest Expense347.00M340.00M321.00M440.00M306.00M310.00M362.00M435.00M635.00M786.00M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue12.03%11.68%10.43%12.86%7.83%6.58%6.89%8.70%12.82%12.25%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD2017-03-312018-03-312019-03-312020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Total Assets8.60B8.51B9.11B9.32B9.99B10.36B11.17B9.86B12.02B13.96B
Total Liabilities9.60B9.82B6.68B6.04B6.64B6.71B7.36B7.56B9.25B10.47B
Total Equity-768.00M-1.08B2.63B3.39B3.40B3.50B3.63B2.16B2.49B3.15B
Cash102.00M232.00M848.00M1.01B813.00M638.00M586.00M620.00M552.00M2.23B
Total Debt7.71B7.93B4.84B4.28B4.62B3.93B4.22B4.46B5.98B6.41B
Net Debt7.60B7.70B3.99B3.27B3.80B3.29B3.64B3.84B5.43B4.18B

Cash Flow

Currency: USD2017-03-312018-03-312019-03-312020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Operating Cash Flow421.00M831.00M1.03B1.39B1.67B2.01B2.21B2.26B2.27B2.34B
Investing Cash Flow-398.00M-283.00M-630.00M-801.00M-1.16B-557.00M-1.03B-1.23B-562.00M-992.85M
Financing Cash Flow-60.00M-409.00M179.00M-370.00M-575.00M-1.61B-1.12B-844.00M-1.54B-739.96M
Capital Expenditure574.00M346.00M693.00M811.00M915.00M739.00M1.28B1.03B859.00M740.95M
Free Cash Flow-153.00M485.00M337.00M576.00M751.00M1.27B927.00M1.23B1.41B1.60B
Dividends Paid113.00M113.00M113.00M113.00M169.00M169.00M195.00M212.00M229.00M242.06M
FCF to OCF-36.34%58.36%32.72%41.53%45.08%63.25%41.98%54.45%62.09%68.35%
Dividend Paid to FCF-73.86%23.30%33.53%19.62%22.50%13.29%21.04%17.24%16.28%15.13%

Earnings

Report DateJul 26, 2019Oct 25, 2019Jan 28, 2020May 13, 2020Jul 24, 2020Oct 23, 2020Jan 29, 2021May 12, 2021Jul 29, 2021Oct 28, 2021Feb 4, 2022May 11, 2022Jul 28, 2022Oct 27, 2022Feb 2, 2023May 11, 2023Jul 27, 2023Oct 30, 2023Feb 1, 2024May 9, 2024Jul 25, 2024Oct 25, 2024Jan 30, 2025May 8, 2025Jul 24, 2025Oct 23, 2025Jan 30, 2026May 8, 2026Jul 23, 2026
EPS Estimate-0.030.020.010.020.020.020.020.030.030.040.050.050.050.040.040.040.030.040.040.020.033.280.022.360.030.040.040.05
EPS Actual2.590.020.020.020.010.020.020.030.030.040.040.050.040.030.030.030.040.04-0.130.020.020.010.040.022.583.600.050.060.04
Surprise--33.33%0.00%100.00%-50.00%0.00%0.00%50.00%0.00%33.33%0.00%0.00%-20.00%-40.00%-25.00%-25.00%0.00%33.33%-422.25%-50.00%0.00%-66.67%-98.78%0.00%9.21%11895.00%22.50%37.50%-12.00%
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap11.15B
Enterprise Value15.40B
Trailing P/E21.97
Forward P/E11.81
Price / Sales1.62
Price / Book4.77
EPS0.14
Book Value0.6542
Revenue (TTM)6.88B
Gross Profit (TTM)4.63B
EBITDA2.95B
Profit Margin10.37%
Operating Margin33.80%
Return on Equity26.41%
Return on Assets10.71%
Shares Outstanding3.62B
Shares Float748.27M
Beta0.47
Dividend Yield1.75%
Dividend Rate0.05
Payout Ratio1.44%

Dividends

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20202×
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