SNAPSHOT: 10 Interesting Metrics from MTN Nigeria’s Q1 Report

Nigeria’s leading telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, has just announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31 March, 2022.

The reported presented to the market on Friday through a regulatory filing at the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) showed gross positive performance across various metrics.

Below is a snapshot capturing 10 interesting figures indicating fundamentals of its activities both in the capital market and in the telecoms space during the three-month period under review.

10 Key Performance Metrics

1. Mobile subscribers declined by 1.3 million to 70.2 million YoY, impacted by the regulatory restrictions on new SIM sales and activations o Added 1.7 million subscribers in Q1 2022 vs Q4 2021
2. Active data users increased by 3.4 million to 35.9 million YoY. It added 1.6 million active users in Q1 2022 vs Q4 2021
3. Active fintech subscribers rose by 6.2 million to 10.7 million YoY. This came after additional 1.3 million subscribers joined the service in Q1 2022 vs Q4 2021
4. Service revenue increased by 22.0% to N469.8 billion
5. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) grew by 25.7% to N257.1 billion
6. EBITDA margin increased by 1.5 percentage points (pp) to 54.6%
7. Profit after tax (PAT) grew by 31.3% to N96.8 billion
8. Earnings per share (EPS) rose by 31.3% to N4.76 kobo
9. Capital expenditure (Capex) rose by 80.8% to N162.5 billion (up 156.8% to N81.2 billion, excluding right of use assets)
10. Final dividend of N8.57 kobo per share for FY 2021