Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for IHS in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
This week brings governance rather than operating news for IHS Holding: shareholders at the annual general meeting on 8 October elected eight directors, including Sam Darwish and Ursula Burns, to serve until the 2027 annual general meeting. No results, guidance, deal or regulatory headline accompanies this, so the item concerns board composition rather than the business itself.
IHS closes at $8.41, down 0.2% on the day, with the close sitting above both its 50-day average of $8.38 and its 200-day average of $8.18, and the 50-day above the 200-day. Over one month the stock is down 0.7%, while three-month and six-month returns are positive at 2.4% and 1.9%, and the one-year return stands at 25.3%. The GekkoIndex reads 56, placing IHS in the Neutral zone, and the price sits 2.2% above Gekko Fair Value of $8.23.
Earnings are due 10 November, 29 days away, before the open, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter saw an EPS miss against estimate with a 1.9% reaction, and quarterly reactions have averaged 6.7% in absolute terms. Seasonality for this calendar stretch has averaged -0.4% over five years, rising in 2 of them. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the respective 90-day and 30-day windows, and consensus analyst coverage shows no listed buy, hold or sell ratings, with a consensus target of $8 and consensus upside of -4.9%.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
IHS scores 1 supportive, 2 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
1 supportive2 mixed2 headwinds
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $8.41 is above the 50-day ($8.38) and 200-day ($8.18) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart56, Neutral
Reading 56 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex2.2% above
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (2.2% above).
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No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 29 days
Reports on Nov 10, 2026, 29 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings−0.4% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −0.4% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonalityA description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
IHS closed at $8.41 on Oct 12, 2026, +25.3% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $5.71 to $8.95.
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IHS’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 56, in the Neutral zone, down 1.1 points over five sessions.
Down 1.1 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 32 | +2.7% | −0.2% | ||
| Accumulation | 163 | +0.8% | +7.8% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 448 | +1.0% | +2.5% | ||
| Distribution | 34 | −3.4% | −2.4% | ||
| Selling | 5 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average IHS share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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IHS trades 2.2% above Gekko Fair Value of $8.23, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what IHS shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$8.23
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
2.2% above fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 1.9% above the estimate.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for IHS, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for IHS in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in IHS were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
IHS has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold IHS.
IHS reports on Nov 10, 2026, before the open (29 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.
Nov 10, 2026
Expected before the open, 29 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2026 | −$0.23 est $0.06 | $397.8M est $428.7M | +1.9% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.44 est $0.11 | $455.1M est $428.7M | −4.5% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | $0.10 est $0.05 | $433.3M est $420.4M | +1.8% |
| May 12, 2025 | $0.10 est $0.08 | — | +6.5% |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.73 est $0.08 | — | +3.1% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | −$0.61 est $0.08 | $420.3M est $424.2M | −6.9% |
| Aug 13, 2024 | −$0.36 est $0.12 | $435.4M est $428.3M | +16.4% |
| May 14, 2024 | −$4.67 est −$0.01 | $417.7M est $393.9M | −12.5% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for IHS is $8.00, −4.9% from the last close.
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, IHS averaged −0.4% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −2.4% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −4.7% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −1.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −0.4% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −1.9% | 1 of 5 |
For scale, IHS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 8.1%.
IHS’s market cap is $2.83B, with a P/E ratio of 5.4 and revenue of $1.65B over the last twelve months.
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IHS’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| PWRQuanta Services | Neutral | 12.7% above |
| FIXComfort Systems USA | Neutral | 4.1% above |
| FERFerrovial | Accumulation | 26.0% below |
| EMEEMCOR | Neutral | 6.5% above |
| OTISOtis Worldwide | Neutral | 15.9% below |
| APGAPi | Neutral | 5.6% above |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
IHS’s market cap is $2.83B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $8.41, with 338.3M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 5.4.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for IHS is $8.00, −4.9% from the last close. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate IHS is about fair value: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $8.41 is 2.2% above Gekko Fair Value of $8.23. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
IHS is expected to report on Nov 10, 2026, before the market opens (29 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.30 per share on revenue of $420.5M. IHS beat the earnings estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports, moving 6.7% on average across the report.
IHS’s 52-week high is $8.95 and its 52-week low is $5.71; it closed at $8.41 on Oct 12, 2026, +25.3% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $18.48 on Oct 14, 2021.
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 1 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend), 2 as mixed (gekkoindex and fair value) and 2 as headwinds (earnings risk and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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