IHS Holding Limited (IHS)Real Estate | Real Estate Services | London, United Kingdom | NYSE
8.25 USD
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:40 a.m. EDT
IHS is a high-risk speculative play; while the stock appears undervalued on historical metrics (P/E ~4.7) and faces a potential merger catalyst with MTN Group, the company is burning significant cash (negative FCF) and trading on a negative book value. The bullish options positioning at $10 is a momentum story in vacuum of any dividend or cash flow support. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.016366 |
| MSTL | 0.028946 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.033669 |
| AutoETS | 0.033670 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 53% |
| H-stat | 0.04 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.001 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 3.72 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Real Estate |
| Revenue per Share | 4.722 |
| Market Cap | 2,768,049,920 |
| Trailing P/E | 4.66 |
| Forward P/E | 41.25 |
| Beta | 0.81 |
| Profit Margins | 9.08% |
| Website | https://www.ihstowers.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:40 a.m. EDT: Options activity is heavily skewed bullish on the calls side, with significant Open Interest (OI) concentrated at the $10.00 strike (21.2% above current price), acting as a major resistance level. However, call implied volatility (IV) is extremely low (0.24-0.75), indicating a lack of hedging or fear of a massive crash. The put side is nearly dormant with negligible volume and IV (0.03-0.06), suggesting traders are not positioning for downside risk. The skew is overwhelmingly one-sided toward upside moves, despite the dealer book being short calls at the $10 strike.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.7223382 |
| Address1 | 1 Cathedral Piazza |
| Address2 | 123 Victoria Street |
| All Time High | 18.48 |
| All Time Low | 2.18 |
| Ask | 8.3 |
| Ask Size | 9,000 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.2 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 642,490 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,921,065 |
| Average Volume | 1,921,065 |
| Average Volume10Days | 642,490 |
| Beta | 0.809 |
| Bid | 8.23 |
| Bid Size | 4,100 |
| Book Value | -0.749 |
| City | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 8.25 |
| Current Ratio | 2.08 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 8.27 |
| Day Low | 8.25 |
| Display Name | IHS Holding |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,762,954,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,762,954,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,773,687,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,779,217,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,779,217,200 |
| Ebitda | 874,499,968 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.55278 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 6.42 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.549 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,613,949,952 |
| Eps Forward | 0.2 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.77 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 8.1798 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.07019997 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.008582112 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 72.23382 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 8.95 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.6999998 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.07821227 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.675 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.5749998 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.76470584 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.675 - 8.95 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,634,218,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 105,491,227 |
| Forward Eps | 0.2 |
| Forward P E | 41.25 |
| Free Cashflow | -711,787,520 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 2,344 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.55885 |
| Gross Profits | 884,099,968 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.3818 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.47779 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 335,521,223 |
| 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 | 2,768,049,920 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_311776651 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 621,200,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,768,050,081 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 5 |
| Open | 8.26 |
| Operating Cashflow | 936,200,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.81373 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 44 20 8106 1600 |
| Previous Close | 8.25 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -11.014686 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.7497154 |
| Profit Margins | 0.09077 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.81 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.2 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Regular Market Day High | 8.27 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 8.25 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 8.25 - 8.27 |
| Regular Market Open | 8.26 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 8.25 |
| Regular Market Price | 8.25 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,715,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 598,684 |
| Return On Assets | 0.09401 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.091 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.722 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Real Estate |
| Sector Disp | Real Estate |
| Sector Key | real-estate |
| Shares Outstanding | 335,521,222 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0016 |
| Shares Short | 541,730 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 315,349 |
| Short Name | IHS Holding Limited |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0033000002 |
| Short Ratio | 0.23 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | IHS |
| Target High Price | 12.0 |
| Target Low Price | 7.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 9.0 |
| Target Median Price | 8.5 |
| Total Cash | 825,699,968 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.461 |
| Total Debt | 3,510,099,968 |
| Total Revenue | 1,582,000,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.77 |
| Trailing P E | 4.661017 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 7.2627 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.9872999 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.13594116 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 598,684 |
| Website | https://www.ihstowers.com |
| Zip | SW1E 5BP |