Helios Towers (HTWS) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Helios Towers is a leading independent telecommunications infrastructure company, having established one of the most extensive tower portfolios across Africa and the Middle East. It builds, owns and operates telecom passive infrastructure, providing services to mobile network operators. Helios Towers owns and operates telecommunication tower sites in Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Brazzaville, Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Madagascar, Malawi and Oman. Helios Towers pioneered the model in Africa of buying towers that were held by single operators and providing services utilising the tower infrastructure to the seller and other operators. This allows wireless operators to outsource non-core tower-related activities, enabling them to focus their capital and managerial resources on providing higher quality services more cost-effectively.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 229 to 235
• 50-Day Range: 196.12 to 229.60
• 52-Week Range: 150 to 247.60
• Volume: 1.24 million shs
• Average Volume: 16.79 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.36 billion
• P/E Ratio: 97.42
• Dividend Yield: 0.55%
• Price Target: GBX 305
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Helios Towers Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Helios Towers scored higher than 64% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Helios Towers has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Helios Towers has a consensus price target of GBX 305, representing about 30.3% upside from its current price of GBX 234.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Helios Towers has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Helios Towers is 97.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.56.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Helios Towers is 97.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 25.06.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for HTWS.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Helios Towers has a dividend yield of 0.55%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Helios Towers does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.77

News Sentiment

Helios Towers has a news sentiment score of 0.77. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Helios Towers this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £132,600 in company stock, which represents 0.0056% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Helios Towers insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £132,600 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.40% of the stock of Helios Towers is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

48.10% of the stock of Helios Towers is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Diversified Telecommunication Services
• Sub-Industry: Integrated Telecommunication Services
• Current Symbol: LON:HTWS
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.heliostowers.com
• Phone: 44 20 7871 3670
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 735
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Helios Towers: GBX 305
• High Price Target: GBX 315
• Low Price Target: GBX 290
• Potential Upside/Downside: +30.4%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 2.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 97.42
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -£153.56 million
• Net Margins: 3.13%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 73.63%
• Return on Assets: 5.84%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 5,608.54
• Current Ratio: 1.22
• Quick Ratio: 1.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £902.10 million
• Price / Sales: 2.62
• Cash Flow: GBX 75.24 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.11
• Book Value: GBX (6.04) per share
• Price / Book: -38.72

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,009,563,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.36 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.11