Gamma Communications (GAMA) Competitors

Airtel Africa (LON:AAF) and Gamma Communications (LON:GAMA) are both communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AAF or GAMA?

22.2% of Airtel Africa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Gamma Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.6% of Airtel Africa shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Gamma Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate AAF or GAMA?

Airtel Africa currently has a consensus price target of GBX 136.67, suggesting a potential upside of 29.66%. Gamma Communications has a consensus price target of GBX 2,140, suggesting a potential upside of 32.07%. Given Gamma Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gamma Communications is more favorable than Airtel Africa.

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
Gamma Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AAF or GAMA?

Gamma Communications received 167 more outperform votes than Airtel Africa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.71% of users gave Airtel Africa an outperform vote while only 70.22% of users gave Gamma Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Airtel Africa	Outperform Votes 24 85.71%	Underperform Votes 4 14.29%
Gamma Communications	Outperform Votes 191 70.22%	Underperform Votes 81 29.78%

Which has more risk and volatility, AAF or GAMA?

Airtel Africa has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gamma Communications has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AAF or GAMA more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Airtel Africa	0.25%	3.43%	9.60%
Gamma Communications	10.29%	16.63%	11.78%

Is AAF or GAMA a better dividend stock?

Airtel Africa pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Gamma Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Airtel Africa pays out -16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer AAF or GAMA?

In the previous week, Airtel Africa had 4 more articles in the media than Gamma Communications. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Airtel Africa and 0 mentions for Gamma Communications. Airtel Africa's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Gamma Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Airtel Africa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Airtel Africa	Positive
Gamma Communications	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AAF or GAMA?

Gamma Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Airtel Africa	£4.78B	0.81	£12M	-£0.03	-3,513.33
Gamma Communications	£548M	2.83	£56.40M	£0.58	2,793.79

Summary

Gamma Communications beats Airtel Africa on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.