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ZEG vs. AAF, ISAT, GAMA, TALK, HTWS, KCOM, MANX, MAI, BBB, and ORNT

Should you be buying Zegona Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zegona Communications include Airtel Africa (AAF), Inmarsat (ISAT), Gamma Communications (GAMA), 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.

Zegona Communications vs.

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

Zegona Communications received 87 more outperform votes than Airtel Africa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.21% of users gave Airtel Africa an outperform vote while only 69.14% of users gave Zegona Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Airtel AfricaOutperform Votes
25
86.21%
Underperform Votes
4
13.79%
Zegona CommunicationsOutperform Votes
112
69.14%
Underperform Votes
50
30.86%

Airtel Africa currently has a consensus target price of GBX 144.33, suggesting a potential upside of 16.59%. Zegona Communications has a consensus target price of GBX 637.50, suggesting a potential upside of 62.63%. Given Zegona Communications' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zegona 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Zegona Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Airtel Africa has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zegona Communications has a beta of 2.8, meaning that its share price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Airtel Africa and Airtel Africa both had 3 articles in the media. Zegona Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Airtel Africa's score of 0.62 indicating that Zegona Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Airtel Africa
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Zegona Communications
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Airtel Africa pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Zegona Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Airtel Africa pays out -16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Zegona Communications pays out 5,555.6% 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.

22.2% of Airtel Africa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Zegona Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 72.6% of Airtel Africa shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 74.7% of Zegona Communications shares are held 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.

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

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Airtel Africa0.25% 3.43% 9.60%
Zegona Communications N/A -2.61%-0.50%

Airtel Africa has higher revenue and earnings than Zegona Communications. Airtel Africa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zegona Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Airtel Africa£4.78B0.96£12M-£0.03-4,126.67
Zegona CommunicationsN/AN/A-£15.55M£0.094,355.56

Summary

Airtel Africa beats Zegona Communications on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ZEG vs. The Competition

MetricZegona CommunicationsTelecom Services IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.76B£10.42B£3.07B£2.03B
Dividend Yield5.71%9.44%6.70%5.16%
P/E Ratio4,355.56131.61296.471,927.11
Price / SalesN/A34.79128.62421,310.89
Price / Cash0.5231.1616.0029.19
Price / Book2.333.204.223.07
Net Income-£15.55M£600.93M£135.37M£183.47M
7 Day Performance-1.51%0.34%2.91%2.98%
1 Month Performance22.50%0.58%3.31%3.31%
1 Year Performance119.61%33.23%24.24%165.23%

Zegona Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZEG
Zegona Communications
3.1696 of 5 stars
GBX 400
+2.0%
GBX 637.50
+59.4%
+119.6%£2.82BN/A4,444.446Positive News
AAF
Airtel Africa
3.1969 of 5 stars
GBX 115.62
+0.6%
GBX 144.33
+24.8%
-2.3%£4.27B£4.78B-3,854.034,098
ISAT
Inmarsat
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.56B£1.44B-41.561,800High Trading Volume
GAMA
Gamma Communications
2.4892 of 5 stars
GBX 1,408
-1.1%
GBX 2,100
+49.1%
+13.9%£1.35B£548M2,427.591,895Gap Up
TALK
TalkTalk Telecom Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.11B£1.52B7.57500Positive News
High Trading Volume
HTWS
Helios Towers
N/AGBX 88.80
-0.8%
GBX 230
+159.0%
+9.0%£932.40M£760.70M-1,480.00725
KCOM
KCOM Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£619.93M£281.64M-18.181,464
MANX
Manx Telecom
N/AN/AN/AN/A£249.70M£81.47M20.72300News Coverage
MAI
Maintel
N/AGBX 262
+6.1%
N/A+47.1%£37.62M£100.41M-1,455.56482
BBB
Bigblu Broadband
N/AGBX 31.55
-5.5%
N/A-23.5%£18.61M£24.16M-1,051.6790Gap Down
ORNT
Orient Telecoms
N/AGBX 8
flat
N/AN/A£800,000.00£394,969.00800.009

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This page (LON:ZEG) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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