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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Airtel Africa beats Zegona Communications on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ZEG) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff