AAF vs. VOD, BT.A, ZEG, ISAT, HTWS, TALK, GAMA, KCOM, MANX, and MAI
Should you be buying Airtel Africa stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Airtel Africa include Vodafone Group Public (VOD), BT Group (BT.A), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Inmarsat (ISAT), Helios Towers (HTWS), TalkTalk Telecom Group (TALK), Gamma Communications (GAMA), KCOM Group (KCOM), Manx Telecom (MANX), and Maintel (MAI). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Airtel Africa vs. Its Competitors
Airtel Africa (LON:AAF) and Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
22.2% of Airtel Africa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. 72.6% of Airtel Africa shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Airtel Africa has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vodafone Group Public had 3 more articles in the media than Airtel Africa. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vodafone Group Public and 1 mentions for Airtel Africa. Airtel Africa's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Vodafone Group Public's score of 0.69 indicating that Airtel Africa is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Airtel Africa presently has a consensus target price of GBX 141.50, suggesting a potential downside of 22.30%. Vodafone Group Public has a consensus target price of GBX 73, suggesting a potential downside of 7.64%. Given Vodafone Group Public's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than Airtel Africa.
Airtel Africa pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Airtel Africa pays out -294.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vodafone Group Public pays out 362.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Vodafone Group Public has a net margin of 1.79% compared to Airtel Africa's net margin of -1.67%. Vodafone Group Public's return on equity of 1.20% beat Airtel Africa's return on equity.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than Airtel Africa. Airtel Africa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vodafone Group Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public beats Airtel Africa on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AAF) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
