IHS Holding Limited (IHS) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 80 Communication Services companies.
IHS Holding Limited (IHS) scores 6.5 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as solid quality. The reading rests on predictability, and growth is what holds it back.
2 pillars, profitability and solvency, are unscored because the filings behind them carry too little to judge. Each is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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On the filings behind it, IHS Holding Limited earns 6.5 out of 10 for business quality as of October 19, 2026. That is solid quality on our scale. A solid reading is a respectable business with clear strengths and at least one area that falls short of the best in its field. The figure is a weighted average of five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks from reported statements.
Ranked with the 80 Communication Services companies Lemma publishes, the score sits at the 82nd percentile, inside the top quarter of the group. For reference, the middle of the group scores 4.6 and a company needs 6.0 to reach its top quarter, which leaves IHS Holding Limited well above the median.
Profitability has no score for IHS Holding Limited. Fewer than half of the pillar’s metric weight could be computed from the reported statements, so it is drawn as a dash and left out of the overall rather than counted as a zero. For context, the median profitability score across 77 Communication Services companies is 3.7. Without it the overall leans on balance sheet, growth and consistency, and says little about margins or returns on capital.
There is no solvency score for IHS Holding Limited: too little of the pillar could be measured from the filings to give an honest reading. The overall is therefore the weighted average of the other pillars. Across 62 Communication Services companies the median for this pillar is 4.8. Without it the overall says nothing about how comfortably the company carries its debt.
IHS Holding Limited’s growth score is 5.6 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 4.7 among 64 Communication Services companies, that is above the group and the 56th percentile. Average growth reflects a business expanding at roughly the pace of its sector, without a clear acceleration or decline.
On efficiency, IHS Holding Limited scores 6.0, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 6.1 across 76 Communication Services companies, which places it in line with them, at the 48th percentile. Efficiency near the median says the operation is neither unusually lean nor unusually capital hungry.
Predictability scores 7.7 out of 10, which reads as strong. The median across 80 Communication Services companies is 4.5, so IHS Holding Limited is well above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 99th percentile. High predictability means the company’s results have moved steadily from year to year, which makes the other pillars more trustworthy as a guide.
The profile is uneven. Predictability leads at 7.7 while growth trails at 5.6, a gap of 2.1 points, so the overall averages a clear strength against a clear soft spot. A predictability lead means consistency is the business’s strongest trait, which makes its other readings easier to trust. A growth shortfall often comes with size or a maturing market, and is less of a concern if the other pillars are strong.
Every scored pillar is at or above the median of Communication Services companies, so there is no catch-up left to lift the overall. The risk runs the other way: a one point fall in growth, the heaviest of them, would take the score from 6.5 to about 6.1. Only three of the five pillars could be scored. Together they carry 55 of the 100 weight points (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20), and the overall is the weighted average of those alone.
These are the Communication Services companies closest to IHS Holding Limited in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading IHS Holding Limited scores 6.5 out of 10, which reads as solid quality. Its strongest pillar is predictability, its weakest is growth. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
IHS Holding Limited ranks at the 82nd percentile of the 80 Communication Services companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 4.6 and the top quarter starts at 6.0, against IHS Holding Limited’s 6.5.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for IHS are in the app.
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