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
Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) and Zegona Communications (LON:ZEG) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Vodafone Group Public currently has a consensus price target of GBX 73, indicating a potential downside of 14.59%. Zegona Communications has a consensus price target of GBX 1,466.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.64%. Given Zegona Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Zegona Communications is more favorable than Vodafone Group Public.
Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zegona Communications has a beta of 2.8, suggesting that its stock price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vodafone Group Public and Vodafone Group Public both had 4 articles in the media. Zegona Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Vodafone Group Public's score of 0.23 indicating that Zegona Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.2% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Zegona Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Zegona Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than Zegona Communications. Vodafone Group Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zegona Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Zegona Communications beats Vodafone Group Public on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:ZEG) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
