MTN Group Limited

JSE:MTN Stock Report

Market Cap: R149.1b

MTN Group Valuation

Is MTN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: MTN (ZAR82.52) is trading below our estimate of fair value (ZAR265.85)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MTN is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MTN?

Key metric: As MTN is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for MTN. This is calculated by dividing MTN's market cap by their current revenue.
What is MTN's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.7x
SalesR199.16b
Market CapR149.07b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for MTN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average3.5x
VOD Vodacom Group
1.3x5.9%R195.1b
MTSS Mobile TeleSystems
0.9x6.4%₽463.3b
BHARTIHEXA Bharti Hexacom
9.8x13.4%₹751.8b
7020 Etihad Etisalat
2.3x5.9%ر.س40.3b
MTN MTN Group
0.7x7.4%R149.1b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: MTN is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the peer average (4.4x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does MTN's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Wireless Telecom Industry?

9 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
MTN 0.7xIndustry Avg. 1.3xNo. of Companies12PS00.81.62.43.24+
9 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: MTN is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the Global Wireless Telecom industry average (1.3x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MTN'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.

MTN PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.7x
Fair PS Ratio0.9x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: MTN is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x).

Analyst Price Targets

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

The above table shows the analyst MTN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentR82.52
R103.60
+25.5%
17.4%R130.00R73.00n/a10
Dec ’25R80.74
R103.64
+28.4%
16.6%R130.00R73.00n/a11
Nov ’25R87.42
R103.64
+18.5%
17.5%R130.00R73.00n/a11
Oct ’25R89.76
R107.18
+19.4%
14.8%R130.00R77.00n/a11
Sep ’25R88.86
R106.64
+20.0%
17.2%R140.00R77.00n/a11
Aug ’25R77.36
R106.17
+37.2%
16.6%R140.00R77.00n/a12
Jul ’25R85.43
R106.75
+25.0%
17.0%R140.00R80.00n/a12
Jun ’25R82.06
R106.75
+30.1%
17.0%R140.00R80.00n/a12
May ’25R90.58
R106.75
+17.9%
15.2%R130.00R80.00n/a12
Apr ’25R93.74
R110.75
+18.1%
15.4%R130.00R80.00n/a12
Mar ’25R84.06
R126.09
+50.0%
26.6%R200.00R80.00n/a11
Feb ’25R95.79
R139.20
+45.3%
19.7%R200.00R114.00n/a10
Jan ’25R115.50
R143.60
+24.3%
18.1%R200.00R103.00n/a10
Dec ’24R103.36
R142.60
+38.0%
18.8%R200.00R103.00R80.7410
Nov ’24R92.98
R143.60
+54.4%
18.6%R200.00R103.00R87.4210
Oct ’24R112.85
R160.67
+42.4%
23.7%R250.00R114.00R89.769
Sep ’24R122.53
R160.78
+31.2%
23.7%R250.00R114.00R88.869
Aug ’24R140.24
R164.00
+16.9%
22.7%R250.00R114.00R77.3610
Jul ’24R138.15
R167.80
+21.5%
21.4%R250.00R114.00R85.4310
Jun ’24R120.91
R169.80
+40.4%
21.7%R250.00R114.00R82.0610
May ’24R128.32
R175.44
+36.7%
20.1%R250.00R121.00R90.589
Apr ’24R127.47
R176.56
+38.5%
20.0%R250.00R121.00R93.749
Mar ’24R145.09
R178.30
+22.9%
18.4%R250.00R121.00R84.0610
Feb ’24R143.80
R180.30
+25.4%
18.6%R250.00R121.00R95.7910
Jan ’24R127.30
R183.80
+44.4%
20.1%R250.00R121.00R115.5010
Dec ’23R132.03
R183.80
+39.2%
20.1%R250.00R121.00R103.3610

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 05:20
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* 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

MTN Group Limited is covered by 26 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jonathan BradleyAbsa Bank Limited
Niel VenterAbsa Bank Limited
Sameera CassimAfrifocus Securities (Pty) Ltd.