Safaricom Group posted a 17.7% y/y decline in shareholder net earnings for HY’25 to KES 28.12Bn, primarily prompted by foreign exchange reforms in Ethiopia. Group revenues grew 15.1% y/y to KES 189.42Bn driven largely from value-driven double digit growth in M-Pesa and Mobile Data.
Recommendation - We maintain our HOLD recommendation on Safaricom as earnings remain under pressure. At the current market price, the stock is trading at P/E ratio of 10.8x and a P/B ratio of 4.0x.