How does NMG's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

NMG is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the peer average (1.3x).

How does NMG's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Media Industry?

NMG is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.4x) compared to the Global Media industry average (1x).

What is NMG's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

Insufficient data to calculate NMG's Price-To-Sales Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of NMG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Insufficient data to calculate NMG's fair value for valuation analysis.

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

NMG Stock Overview

Operates as an independent media house in East and Central Africa. More details

NMG fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	2/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	0/6

Risk Analysis

Earnings have declined by 46.9% per year over past 5 years

Does not have a meaningful market cap (UGX3B)

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Nation Media Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	KSh9,060.00
52 Week High	KSh0
52 Week Low	KSh0
Beta	0.013
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	0%
1 Year Change	0%
3 Year Change	0%
5 Year Change	10.00%
Change since IPO	156.09%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	NMG	UG Media	UG Market
7D	0%	-1.5%	2.7%
1Y	0%	9.7%	10.5%

Return vs Industry: NMG underperformed the UG Media industry which returned 9.7% over the past year.

Return vs Market: NMG underperformed the UG Market which returned 10.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is NMG's price volatile compared to industry and market?
NMG volatility
NMG Average Weekly Movement	0%
Media Industry Average Movement	5.6%
Market Average Movement	3.1%
10% most volatile stocks in UG Market	3.6%
10% least volatile stocks in UG Market	1.4%

Stable Share Price: Data is not available.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine NMG's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1959	1,058	Richard Tobiko	www.nationmedia.com

Nation Media Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent media house in East and Central Africa. The company operates through Newspapers and Digital, and Broadcasting segments. It is involved in the publication, printing, and distribution of newspapers; radio and television broadcasting activities; and provision of digital online products in the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania.

Nation Media Group PLC Fundamentals Summary

How do Nation Media Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
NMG fundamental statistics
Market cap	USh71.86b
Earnings (TTM)	-USh12.26b
Revenue (TTM)	USh191.76b

0.4x

P/S Ratio

-5.9x

P/E Ratio

Is NMG overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
NMG income statement (TTM)
Revenue	KSh6.76b
Cost of Revenue	KSh1.60b
Gross Profit	KSh5.16b
Other Expenses	KSh5.60b
Earnings	-KSh432.40m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-2.46
Gross Margin	76.36%
Net Profit Margin	-6.39%
Debt/Equity Ratio	0%

How did NMG perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/31 18:09
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/31 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Nation Media Group PLC is covered by 5 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Tracy Kivunyu	African Alliance
Victor Koech	AIB-AXYS Africa Limited
Alexander Muiruri	Faida Investment Bank Limited