Vodacom announced on Monday that it expected earnings per share to increase by between 20% and 25% for the year ended 31 March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is anticipated that the results will be consistent with Vodacom\u2019s Vision 2030 double-digit EBITDA growth ambition,\u201d the company stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mobile operator published a trading statement on the JSE\u2019s stock exchange news service after market close on 4 May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
JSE rules require companies to publish a trading statement as soon as there is a reasonable degree of certainty that their next financial results will differ by at least 20% from the previous corresponding period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earnings per share (EPS) is expected to increase from 859 cents in the previous corresponding year to between 1,031 cents and 1,074 cents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Headline earnings per share (HEPS) is expected to rise from 857 cents to between 1,028 cents and 1,071 cents for the financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HEPS is a key South African profit measure that excludes certain once-off gains and losses, and is closely watched by investors and analysts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vodacom said it expected to release its results for the year ended 31 March 2026 on SENS on or about 11 May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results will follow strong quarterly results, with Vodacom reporting in February that its revenue for the quarter ended 31 December 2025 grew by 11% to R43.9 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Third-quarter group service revenue grew 12.7%, tracking favourably against the company\u2019s medium-term target, buoyed by its operations in Egypt, where service revenue grew by 39% to R9.5 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Egypt\u2019s financial services revenue was up 59.4%. Vodacom acquired a 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt in December 2022, in a deal valued at R48.1 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub said the significant strategic progress during the quarter was marked by two milestones that strengthen the company\u2019s long-term growth profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn December, we announced an agreement to acquire an additional 20% stake in Safaricom, reinforcing our commitment to the high-growth East African markets of Kenya and Ethiopia,\u201d said Joosub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn November, our acquisition of a strategic stake in South African fibre business Maziv received ICASA\u2019s final approval.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joosub said the Maziv acquisition unlocked the opportunity to accelerate fibre deployment and expand access to high-quality connectivity, particularly in historically underserved communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The table below summarises the earnings per share growth ranges Vodacom announced in its trading statement on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vodacom announced on Monday that it expected its annual results next week to reflect 20% to 25% higher earnings per share than last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":645249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,14],"tags":[1958,41],"class_list":["post-645246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-cellular","tag-shameel-joosub","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":645255,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645246\/revisions\/645255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Earnings per share metric<\/th> FY2025<\/th> Increase<\/th> FY2026 range<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Earnings Per Share (EPS)<\/td> R8.59<\/td> 20\u201325%<\/td> R10.31\u2013R10.74 <\/td><\/tr> Headline Earnings Per Share (HEPS)<\/td> R8.57<\/td> 20\u201325%<\/td> R10.28\u2013R10.71<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"