IHS (IHS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

IHS Holding Limited, operating as IHS Towers (NYSE: IHS), is a multinational telecommunications infrastructure company that owns, develops and manages shared communications infrastructure. Its primary assets are wireless telecommunications towers and related sites, which mobile network operators and other communications providers use to expand and maintain their networks.

The company provides tower leasing, colocation and infrastructure services, allowing multiple wireless operators to share the same sites. Its activities may also include site development, tower construction and modernization, power management, maintenance, connectivity solutions and other services that support telecommunications networks.

IHS Towers serves telecommunications markets across Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Its operations have included countries such as Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Zambia, Rwanda and Kuwait, although its geographic footprint can change as the company enters new markets or adjusts its portfolio.

IHS Towers was founded in 2001 and grew from an African telecommunications infrastructure business into an international tower operator. Founder Issam Darwish serves as executive vice chairman, while Sam Darwish serves as president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $8.42 to $8.45
• 50-Day Range: $8.14 to $8.49
• 52-Week Range: $5.71 to $8.95
• Volume: 1.20 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.24 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.85 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.06
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $8.80
• Consensus Rating: Hold

IHS Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

IHS scored higher than 28% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 172nd out of 243 stocks in the communication services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

IHS has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.14, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for IHS is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

IHS has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of IHS is 21.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.67.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of IHS is 21.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 232.66.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.86% of the float of IHS has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

IHS has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in IHS has recently increased by 12.81%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

IHS does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

IHS does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.25

News Sentiment

IHS has a news sentiment score of 1.25. 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 0.60 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for IHS this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added IHS to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, IHS insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.10% of the stock of IHS is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

17.54% of the stock of IHS is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/10/2026
• Today: 9/19/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Diversified Telecommunication Services
• Sub-Industry: Integrated Telecommunication Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:IHS
• CIK: 1316360
• Web: www.ihs.com
• Phone: +1-303-7900600
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,762
• Year Founded: 2001

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for IHS: $8.80
• High Price Target: $12.00
• Low Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +4.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.14
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.06
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $143.60 million
• Net Margins: 8.17%
• Pretax Margin: 37.82%
• Return on Equity: -832.09%
• Return on Assets: 11.80%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.93
• Quick Ratio: 1.89

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.58 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.80
• Cash Flow: $2.93 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.88
• Book Value: ($0.27) per share
• Price / Book: -31.20

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 338,340,000
• Free Float: 334,619,000
• Market Cap: $2.85 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.74