Airtel Africa (AAF) Competitors

Airtel Africa (LON:AAF) and Inmarsat (LON:ISAT) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is AAF or ISAT more profitable?

Airtel Africa has a net margin of 0.25% compared to Inmarsat's net margin of 0.00%. Airtel Africa's return on equity of 3.43% beat Inmarsat's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Airtel Africa	0.25%	3.43%	9.60%
Inmarsat	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better valuation and earnings, AAF or ISAT?

Airtel Africa has higher revenue and earnings than Inmarsat. Airtel Africa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inmarsat, 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
Airtel Africa	£4.78B	0.74	£12M	-£0.03	-3,186.67
Inmarsat	£1.44B	1.78	N/A	-£13.10	-41.56

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AAF or ISAT?

Inmarsat received 403 more outperform votes than Airtel Africa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.71% of users gave Airtel Africa an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Inmarsat an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Airtel Africa	Outperform Votes 24 85.71%	Underperform Votes 4 14.29%
Inmarsat	Outperform Votes 427 58.33%	Underperform Votes 305 41.67%

Do analysts recommend AAF or ISAT?

Airtel Africa presently has a consensus target price of GBX 136.67, suggesting a potential upside of 42.96%. Given Airtel Africa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Airtel Africa is more favorable than Inmarsat.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Airtel Africa	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Inmarsat	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor AAF or ISAT?

In the previous week, Airtel Africa and Airtel Africa both had 1 articles in the media. Airtel Africa's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Inmarsat's score of 0.00 indicating that Airtel Africa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Airtel Africa	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Inmarsat	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is AAF or ISAT a better dividend stock?

Airtel Africa pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Inmarsat pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Airtel Africa pays out -16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Inmarsat pays out -1.2% 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. Airtel Africa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AAF or ISAT?

22.2% of Airtel Africa shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.6% of Airtel Africa shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Airtel Africa beats Inmarsat on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.