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
Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) and Airtel Africa (LON:AAF) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
59.2% of Vodafone Group Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of Airtel Africa shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Vodafone Group Public shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of Airtel Africa shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Vodafone Group Public currently has a consensus target price of GBX 73, indicating a potential downside of 16.32%. Airtel Africa has a consensus target price of GBX 141.50, indicating a potential downside of 36.77%. Given Vodafone Group Public's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than Airtel Africa.
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.
In the previous week, Airtel Africa had 1 more articles in the media than Vodafone Group Public. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Airtel Africa and 3 mentions for Vodafone Group Public. Vodafone Group Public's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Airtel Africa's score of 0.00 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Airtel Africa pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Vodafone Group Public pays out -42.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Airtel Africa pays out 71.7% 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 beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airtel Africa has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public and Airtel Africa tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AAF) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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