IHS Holding Limited (IHS)Real Estate | Real Estate Services | London, United Kingdom | NYSE
8.36 USD
+0.03
(0.360%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 8.36 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:06 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fractured by a stark divergence between the company's recent operational recovery and its historical capital structure. Fundamentally, the business has staged a dramatic turnaround; after a catastrophic 48% drop in 2024, the stock surged nearly 100% in 2025, suggesting the market has fully priced in the resolution of previous distress. The current valuation looks cheap on a trailing basis, yet the forward P/E of 15x implies expectations for earnings to remain significantly depressed, likely due to the pending merger with MTN Group which will alter the earnings denominator. However, the balance sheet remains a critical liability; negative book value and negative free cash flow indicate that despite operating cash inflows, the entity is still burning capital or carrying heavy debt burdens that prevent a 'buy and hold' thesis. The lack of any dividend history confirms this is a speculative recovery play rather than an income vehicle. On the short end, the options market is screaming bullishness, with traders stacking calls at $10 while ignoring downside protection, which aligns with the recent price momentum but offers no guarantee of continuation given the neutral statistical forecast. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.012207 |
| AutoETS | 0.013758 |
| AutoTheta | 0.045116 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.065397 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 46% |
| H-stat | 1.77 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.006 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.839 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.42 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Real Estate |
| Revenue per Share | 4.894 |
| Market Cap | 2,828,530,688 |
| Trailing P/E | 5.10 |
| Forward P/E | 15.20 |
| Beta | 0.74 |
| Profit Margins | 8.63% |
| Website | https://www.ihstowers.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:06 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for upside via out-of-the-money calls, with October expiration showing massive open interest at the $10 strike compared to minimal put activity. This indicates a bullish bias expecting a move away from current levels, though implied volatility remains low relative to the volume.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.16434538 |
| Address1 | 1 Cathedral Piazza |
| Address2 | 123 Victoria Street |
| All Time High | 18.48 |
| All Time Low | 2.18 |
| Ask | 8.36 |
| Ask Size | 4,500 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,053,450 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,227,128 |
| Average Volume | 1,227,128 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,053,450 |
| Beta | 0.735 |
| Bid | 8.35 |
| Bid Size | 7,800 |
| Book Value | -0.537 |
| City | London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 8.36 |
| Current Ratio | 1.926 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 8.37 |
| Day Low | 8.35 |
| Display Name | IHS Holding |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,762,954,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,762,954,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,451,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,313,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,313,800 |
| Ebitda | 700,600,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.42571998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 7.484 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.186 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,243,061,760 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.72 |
| Eps Forward | 0.55 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.64 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 8.2486 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.11139965 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.01350528 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 16.434538 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 8.95 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.59000015 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.065921806 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 5.71 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.6499996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.464098 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 5.71 - 8.95 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,634,218,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 106,335,338 |
| Forward Eps | 0.55 |
| Forward P E | 15.199999 |
| Free Cashflow | -325,249,984 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 2,344 |
| Fullday Change | 0.0299997 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.360141 |
| Fullday Price | 8.36 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.54026 |
| Gross Profits | 889,100,032 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.38147 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.60362 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 338,341,000 |
| 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 | 2,828,530,688 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_311776651 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 565,699,968 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,818,380,530 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 8.35 |
| Operating Cashflow | 876,800,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.20485 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 44 20 8106 1600 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 8.36 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,951,100 |
| Previous Close | 8.33 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 11.61111 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -15.567969 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.7187402 |
| Profit Margins | 0.08635 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.005 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0299997 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.360141 |
| Regular Market Day High | 8.37 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 8.35 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 8.35 - 8.37 |
| Regular Market Open | 8.35 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 8.33 |
| Regular Market Price | 8.36 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 699,507 |
| Return On Assets | 0.07761 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.104 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.894 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Real Estate |
| Sector Disp | Real Estate |
| Sector Key | real-estate |
| Shares Outstanding | 338,341,000 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0075 |
| Shares Short | 2,537,826 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,715,806 |
| Short Name | IHS Holding Limited |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0152 |
| Short Ratio | 2.28 |
| 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 | 1,073,500,032 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.174 |
| Total Debt | 3,489,700,096 |
| Total Revenue | 1,645,699,968 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.64 |
| Trailing P E | 5.097561 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 7.97035 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.38964987 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.048887424 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 699,507 |
| Website | https://www.ihstowers.com |
| Zip | SW1E 5BP |