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Airtel Africa (AAF) Competitors

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GBX 227.94 +0.74 (+0.32%)
As of 10/15/2025 12:11 PM Eastern

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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Airtel Africa has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Airtel Africa pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Airtel Africa pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vodafone Group Public pays out -42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Vodafone Group Public is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Airtel Africa-1.67% -3.58% 9.60%
Vodafone Group Public 1.79%1.20%1.45%

6.8% of Airtel Africa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. 24.9% of Airtel Africa shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Vodafone Group Public had 9 more articles in the media than Airtel Africa. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vodafone Group Public and 1 mentions for Airtel Africa. Vodafone Group Public's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Airtel Africa's score of 0.00 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Airtel Africa
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Vodafone Group Public
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than Airtel Africa. Vodafone Group Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Airtel Africa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Airtel Africa£5.21B1.59-£97.44M£0.092,477.55
Vodafone Group Public£37.45B0.55£797.39M-£0.16-536.51

Airtel Africa currently has a consensus price target of GBX 128, indicating a potential downside of 43.84%. Vodafone Group Public has a consensus price target of GBX 101.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.88%. Given Vodafone Group Public's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than Airtel Africa.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Airtel Africa
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Vodafone Group Public
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Summary

Vodafone Group Public beats Airtel Africa on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AAF vs. The Competition

MetricAirtel AfricaTelecom Services IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£8.31B£12.17B£3.48B£2.59B
Dividend Yield2.10%9.37%6.70%5.32%
P/E Ratio2,477.55229.31355.574,418.40
Price / Sales1.59190.91142.11101,543.57
Price / Cash6.4831.1616.2327.90
Price / Book3.904.315.148.24
Net Income-£97.44M£628.05M£77.77M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.58%-0.26%-1.15%-0.06%
1 Month Performance1.75%-0.73%-2.50%2.41%
1 Year Performance95.65%10.22%30.88%138.98%

Airtel Africa Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AAF
Airtel Africa
1.1006 of 5 stars
GBX 227.94
+0.3%
GBX 128
-43.8%
+99.9%£8.31B£5.21B2,477.554,098
VOD
Vodafone Group Public
3.4414 of 5 stars
GBX 83.94
-0.2%
GBX 73
-13.0%
+15.1%£20.13B£37.45B-526.60104,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
BT.A
BT Group
1.5035 of 5 stars
GBX 181.80
-0.9%
N/A+27.0%£17.71B£20.36B1,715.0998,400
ZEG
Zegona Communications
N/AGBX 1,300
-2.3%
GBX 1,466.67
+12.8%
+252.2%£9.87B£302.06M11,818.186
ISAT
Inmarsat
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.56B£1.44B-41.561,800High Trading Volume
HTWS
Helios Towers
1.7381 of 5 stars
GBX 144.60
-1.5%
GBX 210
+45.2%
+33.4%£1.56B£820.40M1,902.63725
TALK
TalkTalk Telecom Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.11B£1.52B7.57500News Coverage
High Trading Volume
GAMA
Gamma Communications
2.3111 of 5 stars
GBX 992.90
-0.5%
GBX 1,535
+54.6%
-38.9%£915.06M£613.50M1,430.691,895
KCOM
KCOM Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£619.93M£281.64M-18.181,464
MANX
Manx Telecom
N/AN/AN/AN/A£249.70M£81.47M20.72300News Coverage
MAI
Maintel
N/AGBX 150
-3.2%
N/A-36.2%£21.54M£97.74M-6,000.00482Gap Down

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This page (LON:AAF) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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