Here is the best performance of the FTSE 100 in 2025! Can you keep flying?

AURTEL Africa (LSE: AAF) Isn't it the Ftse 100The most famous name. But he has been in the headlines as the best elevator in Blue-Chip Share Index in the year to date.

With 144.9p, the price of Airstete Africa shares has increased an impressive 23.7% since January 1. He shot 9% on Thursday (January 30) only thanks to an optimistic response to his last finances.

So what is all the buzz? And can the ftse firm continue its march to the north?

A booming market

A combination of low market penetration, increased disposable income and rapid population growth is overaining telecommunications and demand for financial services in Africa. And Airtel has shown that you have the tools to capitalize this opportunity.

The company, which provides money, data and mobile money services in 14 African nations, saw that revenues in constant currencies increased a huge 20.4% in the nine months until December, to $ 3.6 billion, announced today.

The number of customers grew 7.9% between April and December to 163.1m. And the use of customer data increased by 32.3%, to 6.9 gigabytes, as the adoption of smartphones continued to increase.

The volume of data and mobile data increased 13.8% and 18.3% respectively during the nine months.

The income was promoted by Airstel's sustained investment in its markets. Data capacity increased just over a fifth between April and December.

Well and bad

However, it was not all sun for Airste during the period. Billing remains affected by adverse currency movements, and more specifically monetary devaluations in Nigeria, Malawi and Zambia.

In real currencies, sales fell 5.8% in the nine months.

But to a large extent, this was another solid Airstel statement. With the monetary pressure that begins to moderate and the demand for its services still shoots, the future seems brilliant for the FTSE company.

The analyst Neil Shah of the Edison Group points out that “With a sustained investment in the expansion of the Net“

This could pave the way for greater significant pricing profits of shares. Airstel's actions have almost doubled their value in the last five years.

Attractive value

After the impressive profits of this year, Airtel Africa is quoted in a price to profit (P/E) ratio of 31.7 times for this financial year (as of March 2025). This could, at first glance, suggest the price limited, at least in the short term.

But look a little more closely and the business actually seems to offer real value. For the new year that begins in April, it is p/e that collapses 10.6 times, from April. This reflects the expectations of the city in a profit jump of 198%.

In addition, its profit price growth ratio (PEP) is only 0.1 for the next fiscal period. Any reading below implies that an action is undervalued.

It is important to remember that it is known that earnings forecasts lose their brand. If this happens, the price of an action may fall abruptly in value.

While this is a risk, the strong impulse of Airstel and the substantial structural drivers suggest that it is in good way to fulfill, or potentially even exceed, the estimates of the analysts. I hope that the price of the FTSE company shares continue its long -term promotion.