Airtel Africa (AAF) Competitors

Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) and Airtel Africa (LON:AAF) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, VOD or AAF?

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

Is VOD or AAF more profitable?

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
Vodafone Group Public	1.79%	1.20%	1.45%
Airtel Africa	-1.67%	-3.58%	9.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VOD or AAF?

Vodafone Group Public received 2379 more outperform votes than Airtel Africa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.21% of users gave Airtel Africa an outperform vote while only 75.29% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vodafone Group Public	Outperform Votes 2404 75.29%	Underperform Votes 789 24.71%
Airtel Africa	Outperform Votes 25 86.21%	Underperform Votes 4 13.79%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in VOD or AAF?

56.4% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Airtel Africa shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 72.6% of Airtel Africa shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate VOD or AAF?

Vodafone Group Public presently has a consensus target price of GBX 66, indicating a potential downside of 10.08%. Airtel Africa has a consensus target price of GBX 141.50, indicating a potential downside of 20.27%. Given Vodafone Group Public's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than Airtel Africa.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vodafone Group Public	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Airtel Africa	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is VOD or AAF a better dividend stock?

Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Airtel Africa pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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. Airtel Africa pays out -294.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, VOD or AAF?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vodafone Group Public	£44.66B	0.50	£797.39M	£2.20	33.29
Airtel Africa	£5.83B	1.40	-£97.44M	-£1.70	-104.40

Does the media favor VOD or AAF?

In the previous week, Airtel Africa had 3 more articles in the media than Vodafone Group Public. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Airtel Africa and 0 mentions for Vodafone Group Public. Vodafone Group Public's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Airtel Africa's score of 0.56 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vodafone Group Public	Positive
Airtel Africa	Positive

Summary

Vodafone Group Public beats Airtel Africa on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.