Helios Towers (HTWS) Competitors

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

Is HTWS or AAF more profitable?

Airtel Africa has a net margin of 0.25% compared to Helios Towers' net margin of -10.50%. Airtel Africa's return on equity of 3.43% beat Helios Towers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Helios Towers	-10.50%	-2,070.37%	5.84%
Airtel Africa	0.25%	3.43%	9.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HTWS or AAF?

Airtel Africa received 2 more outperform votes than Helios Towers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.71% of users gave Airtel Africa an outperform vote while only 68.75% of users gave Helios Towers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Helios Towers	Outperform Votes 22 68.75%	Underperform Votes 10 31.25%
Airtel Africa	Outperform Votes 24 85.71%	Underperform Votes 4 14.29%

Do analysts rate HTWS or AAF?

Helios Towers currently has a consensus price target of GBX 230, suggesting a potential upside of 144.16%. Airtel Africa has a consensus price target of GBX 136.67, suggesting a potential upside of 42.88%. Given Helios Towers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Helios Towers is more favorable than Airtel Africa.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Helios Towers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Airtel Africa	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HTWS or AAF?

Airtel Africa has higher revenue and earnings than Helios Towers. Airtel Africa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helios Towers, 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
Helios Towers	£760.70M	1.30	-£79.90M	-£0.06	-1,570.00
Airtel Africa	£4.78B	0.74	£12M	-£0.03	-3,188.33

Does the media refer more to HTWS or AAF?

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

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Helios Towers	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Which has more risk & volatility, HTWS or AAF?

Helios Towers has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airtel Africa has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HTWS or AAF?

72.2% of Helios Towers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Airtel Africa shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Helios Towers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 72.6% of Airtel Africa shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Airtel Africa beats Helios Towers on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.