Stock Research: Safaricom

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Safaricom

NAI:SCOM KE1000001402
28
  • Value
    46
  • Growth
    80
  • Safety
    Safety
    46
  • Combined
    58
  • Sentiment
    26
  • 360° View
    360° View
    28
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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: With an Obermatt 360° View of 28 (better than 28% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Safaricom are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Safaricom. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 80, 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. It ranks higher than 80% of competitors in the same industry. The other indicators are below average, namely the Value, Safety, and Sentiment Ranks.The Value Rank at 46 means that the share price of Safaricom is on the high side compared with its peers regarding revenues, profits, and invested capital. The stock price is higher than for 54% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 46, which means that the company has a riskier financing structure than 54% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. The consolidated Sentiment Rank also has a low rank of 26, indicating professional investors are more pessimistic about the stock than for 74% of alternative investment opportunities. ...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: 23-Apr-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
46 75 88 47
Growth
80 85 67 31
Safety
Safety
46 60 63 83
Sentiment
26 59 86 69
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28 98 94 75
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
74 84 93 11
Opinions Change
50 20 87 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 88 65 97
Market Pulse
42 19 23 75
Sentiment
26 59 86 69
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
46 75 88 47
Growth
80 85 67 31
Safety Safety
46 60 63 83
Combined
58 98 94 59
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
24 49 60 19
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
58 85 95 51
Price vs. Book (P/B)
18 23 36 14
Dividend Yield
87 96 98 86
Value
46 75 88 47
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
49 96 71 86
Profit Growth
76 10 45 13
Capital Growth
48 82 93 26
Stock Returns
87 91 11 51
Growth
80 85 67 31
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
41 63 72 86
Refinancing
39 22 23 37
Liquidity
60 74 78 94
Safety Safety
46 60 63 83

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The company has high growth and safe financing but is expensive (low Value Rank) and has low market sentiment. This is a warning that the stock may be too expensive. This is for an experienced growth investor willing to risk overpaying, but only after conducting thorough research on future growth potential.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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