Stock Research: Safaricom

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Safaricom

NASE:SCOM KE1000001402
98
  • Value
    54
  • Growth
    79
  • Safety
    Safety
    65
  • Combined
    80
  • Sentiment
    99
  • 360° View
    360° View
    98
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Company Description

Safaricom PLC is a Kenya-based technology company offering mobile voice, messaging, data, financial, and digital services. It operates in various sectors including mobile communication, financial services (M-PESA, Fuliza, Lipa Na M-PESA), internet, cloud solutions, and cybersecurity. The company's main operations are in Kenya and Ethiopia. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $8029 million, profits of $2039 million, revenue of $3008 million, and 6462 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 98 (better than 98% compared with alternatives) for 2025, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Safaricom are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with all four indicators above average for Safaricom. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 65, which means that the share price of Safaricom is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 65% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 79, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 54. Finally, professional market sentiment is above average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 99. ...read more

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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 9-Oct-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
65 75 88 47
Growth
79 85 67 31
Safety
Safety
54 60 63 83
Sentiment
99 59 86 69
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98 98 94 75
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
91 84 93 11
Opinions Change
73 20 87 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 88 65 97
Market Pulse
61 19 23 75
Sentiment
99 59 86 69
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
65 75 88 47
Growth
79 85 67 31
Safety Safety
54 60 63 83
Combined
80 98 94 59
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
72 85 95 51
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
34 49 60 19
Price vs. Book (P/B)
17 23 36 14
Dividend Yield
94 96 98 86
Value
65 75 88 47
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
62 96 71 86
Profit Growth
74 10 45 13
Capital Growth
31 82 93 26
Stock Returns
93 91 11 51
Growth
79 85 67 31
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
51 63 72 86
Refinancing
35 22 23 37
Liquidity
74 74 78 94
Safety Safety
54 60 63 83

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