Airtel Africa (AAF) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Airtel Africa is a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries in Africa, primarily in East Africa and Central and West Africa. Airtel Africa offers an integrated suite of telecommunications solutions to its subscribers, including mobile voice and data services as well as mobile money services both nationally and internationally. The Group aims to continue providing a simple and intuitive customer experience through streamlined customer journeys.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 323.60 to 342.40
• 50-Day Range: 312.80 to 368.66
• 52-Week Range: 192.20 to 436.20
• Volume: 5.95 million shs
• Average Volume: 43.97 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £11.96 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.66
• Dividend Yield: 1.59%
• Price Target: GBX 450
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Airtel Africa Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Airtel Africa scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Airtel Africa has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Airtel Africa has a consensus price target of GBX 450, representing about 37.0% upside from its current price of GBX 328.51.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Airtel Africa has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Airtel Africa is 17.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.81.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Airtel Africa is 17.66, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 14.95.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Airtel Africa has a PEG Ratio of 0.58. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Airtel Africa has a P/B Ratio of 5.63. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for AAF.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Airtel Africa pays a meaningful dividend of 1.59%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Airtel Africa does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Airtel Africa is 36.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.65

News Sentiment

Airtel Africa has a news sentiment score of 0.65. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Airtel Africa this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Airtel Africa insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

32.78% of the stock of Airtel Africa is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

9.39% of the stock of Airtel Africa is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Telecom Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:AAF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: airtel.africa
• Phone: 44 20 7493 9315
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,098
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Airtel Africa: GBX 450
• High Price Target: GBX 450
• Low Price Target: GBX 450
• Potential Upside/Downside: +37.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 18.60
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.66
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.04
• P/E Growth: 0.58
• Net Income: -£97.44 million
• Net Margins: 10.41%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 23.72%
• Return on Assets: 9.60%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 203.38
• Current Ratio: 0.57
• Quick Ratio: 0.26

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £6.42 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.86
• Cash Flow: GBX 50.67 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.48
• Book Value: GBX 58.38 per share
• Price / Book: 5.63

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,639,452,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £11.96 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.47