IHS Holding Limited (IHS)Real Estate | Real Estate Services | London, United Kingdom | NYSE
8.22 USD
-0.06
(-0.725%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:58 a.m. EDT
The investment thesis here is entirely driven by a massive corporate restructuring event rather than organic business growth. The company is effectively being acquired by MTN Group in a deal offering a 239% premium, which explains the recent surge in share price and the heavy call option activity. However, the underlying business is in freefall; the stock has lost nearly 70% of its value in just one year due to the divestiture of its core tower assets, leaving a hollow shell with negative book value and no free cash flow. While the merger agreement provides a clear path to liquidity and likely a higher exit price for shareholders, the remaining entity lacks the operational substance to sustain a standalone valuation. The lack of any dividend history confirms the company is in a transition phase where capital preservation is impossible. Investors are betting on the completion of the MTN deal to unlock value, but the fundamental business case for holding this specific ticker as a going concern is nonexistent. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.008276 |
| MSTL | 0.008382 |
| AutoTheta | 0.027894 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.045775 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 45% |
| H-stat | 0.49 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.930 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.12 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Real Estate |
| Revenue per Share | 4.784 |
| Market Cap | 2,767,435,776 |
| Trailing P/E | 4.49 |
| Forward P/E | 14.95 |
| Beta | 0.74 |
| Profit Margins | 11.61% |
| Website | https://www.ihstowers.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 5:58 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a significant upside move, evidenced by heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes 10.0 and 7.5) relative to puts. The implied volatility skew shows elevated pricing for deep OTM calls compared to OTM puts, suggesting a bullish gamma exposure setup rather than a hedging strategy.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.37086093 |
| Address1 | 1 Cathedral Piazza |
| Address2 | 123 Victoria Street |
| All Time High | 18.48 |
| All Time Low | 2.18 |
| Ask | 8.25 |
| Ask Size | 9,400 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.3 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,179,150 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,218,981 |
| Average Volume | 1,218,981 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,179,150 |
| Beta | 0.736 |
| Bid | 8.18 |
| Bid Size | 3,000 |
| Book Value | -0.574 |
| City | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 8.22 |
| Current Ratio | 2.006 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 8.3 |
| Day Low | 8.21 |
| Display Name | IHS Holding |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,762,954,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,762,954,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 1.448 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 1.29 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,589,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,451,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,451,400 |
| Ebitda | 793,600,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.49436 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 6.929 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.425 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,498,635,776 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.72 |
| Eps Forward | 0.55 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.83 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 8.249 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.028999329 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.0035154964 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 37.086094 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 8.95 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.72999954 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.081564195 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 5.71 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.5100002 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.43957973 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 5.71 - 8.95 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,634,218,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 105,819,062 |
| Forward Eps | 0.55 |
| Forward P E | 14.945455 |
| Free Cashflow | -742,737,472 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 2,344 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.55990005 |
| Gross Profits | 898,800,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.38147 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.54096 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 336,671,000 |
| Industry | Real Estate Services |
| Industry Disp | Real Estate Services |
| Industry Key | real-estate-services |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-10-14 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | IHS Holding Limited, together with its subsidiaries, develops, owns, and operates shared communications infrastructure in Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa, and Zambia. The company offers colocation and lease amendment services, which allows customers to lease space on existing towers alongside current tenants, install additional equipment on a tower, and request for ancillary services; build-to-suit sites; in-building solutions and distributed antenna systems, which allows customers to lease space in secure locations within large building complexes, such as shopping malls, stadiums, and airports; non-intrusive small cell installation services on commercial premises, lampposts, and poles; fiber-to-the-tower connectivity services; rural telephony services; and managed services, including maintenance, security, and power supply services. It serves communication service providers, mobile network operators, internet service providers, broadcasters, security functions, and private corporations. IHS Holding Limited was founded in 2001 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. |
| Long Name | IHS Holding Limited |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 2,767,435,776 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_311776651 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 637,800,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,787,635,880 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 8.265 |
| Operating Cashflow | 964,499,968 |
| Operating Margins | 0.29225 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 44 20 8106 1600 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.020000458 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -0.24331456 |
| Pre Market Price | 8.2 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,016,639 |
| Previous Close | 8.28 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 11.416667 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -14.320558 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.7239368 |
| Profit Margins | 0.11605 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.811 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.25 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0599995 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.724631 |
| Regular Market Day High | 8.3 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 8.21 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 8.21 - 8.3 |
| Regular Market Open | 8.265 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 8.28 |
| Regular Market Price | 8.22 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,802 |
| Regular Market Volume | 580,582 |
| Return On Assets | 0.08392 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.059 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.784 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Real Estate |
| Sector Disp | Real Estate |
| Sector Key | real-estate |
| Shares Outstanding | 336,671,000 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0032 |
| Shares Short | 1,071,821 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 640,852 |
| Short Name | IHS Holding Limited |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0064999997 |
| Short Ratio | 0.74 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | IHS |
| Target High Price | 8.5 |
| Target Low Price | 7.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 8.25 |
| Target Median Price | 8.5 |
| Total Cash | 940,499,968 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.794 |
| Total Debt | 3,502,099,968 |
| Total Revenue | 1,605,299,968 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.83 |
| Trailing P E | 4.491803 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 7.6954 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.5246 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.0681706 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 580,582 |
| Website | https://www.ihstowers.com |
| Zip | SW1E 5BP |