GAMA vs. AAF, ZEG, ISAT, TALK, HTWS, KCOM, MANX, MAI, BBB, and ORNT
Should you be buying Gamma Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gamma Communications include Airtel Africa (AAF), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Inmarsat (ISAT), TalkTalk Telecom Group (TALK), Helios Towers (HTWS), KCOM Group (KCOM), Manx Telecom (MANX), Maintel (MAI), Bigblu Broadband (BBB), and Orient Telecoms (ORNT). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Gamma Communications vs.
Gamma Communications (LON:GAMA) and Airtel Africa (LON:AAF) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Gamma Communications has a net margin of 10.29% compared to Airtel Africa's net margin of 0.25%. Gamma Communications' return on equity of 16.63% beat Airtel Africa's return on equity.
Gamma Communications received 167 more outperform votes than Airtel Africa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.21% of users gave Airtel Africa an outperform vote while only 70.33% of users gave Gamma Communications an outperform vote.
Gamma Communications presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,100, indicating a potential upside of 47.47%. Airtel Africa has a consensus price target of GBX 144.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.62%. Given Gamma Communications' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Gamma Communications is more favorable than Airtel Africa.
Gamma Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Airtel Africa. Airtel Africa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gamma Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
72.2% of Gamma Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Airtel Africa shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Gamma Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 72.6% of Airtel Africa shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gamma Communications has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airtel Africa has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Airtel Africa had 2 more articles in the media than Gamma Communications. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Airtel Africa and 0 mentions for Gamma Communications. Airtel Africa's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Gamma Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Airtel Africa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gamma Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Airtel Africa pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Gamma Communications pays out 3,103.4% 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 -16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Airtel Africa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Gamma Communications beats Airtel Africa on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GAMA) was last updated on 1/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
