ZEG vs. VOD, BT.A, AAF, ISAT, HTWS, TALK, GAMA, KCOM, MANX, and MAI
Should you be buying Zegona Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zegona Communications include Vodafone Group Public (VOD), BT Group (BT.A), Airtel Africa (AAF), 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.
Zegona Communications vs. Its Competitors
Zegona Communications (LON:ZEG) and Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Zegona Communications has a beta of 2.8, suggesting that its share price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Zegona Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Zegona Communications pays out -41.5% 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 Zegona Communications' net margin of 0.00%. Vodafone Group Public's return on equity of 1.20% beat Zegona Communications' return on equity.
Zegona Communications presently has a consensus price target of GBX 825, indicating a potential upside of 10.00%. Vodafone Group Public has a consensus price target of GBX 73, indicating a potential downside of 10.56%. Given Zegona Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Zegona Communications is more favorable than Vodafone Group Public.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than Zegona Communications. Zegona Communications 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.
In the previous week, Vodafone Group Public had 1 more articles in the media than Zegona Communications. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Vodafone Group Public and 2 mentions for Zegona Communications. Vodafone Group Public's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Zegona Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
21.6% of Zegona Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. 74.7% of Zegona Communications 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public beats Zegona Communications on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ZEG) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
