Zegona Communications (ZEG) Competitors

Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) and Zegona Communications (LON:ZEG) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.

Is VOD or ZEG a better dividend stock?

Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Zegona Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Vodafone Group Public pays out 362.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Zegona Communications pays out -41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, VOD or ZEG?

Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less 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.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, VOD or ZEG?

Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than Zegona Communications. Zegona Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vodafone Group Public, 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
Vodafone Group Public	£44.66B	0.48	£797.39M	£2.20	31.97
Zegona Communications	N/A	N/A	-£136.50M	-£12.06	-50.25

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VOD or ZEG?

56.4% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Zegona Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Vodafone Group Public 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is VOD or ZEG more profitable?

Vodafone Group Public has a net margin of 1.79% compared to Zegona Communications' net margin of 0.00%. Vodafone Group Public's return on equity of 1.20% beat Zegona Communications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vodafone Group Public	1.79%	1.20%	1.45%
Zegona Communications	N/A	-2.61%	-0.50%

Does the media prefer VOD or ZEG?

In the previous week, Vodafone Group Public had 1 more articles in the media than Zegona Communications. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Vodafone Group Public and 2 mentions for Zegona Communications. Zegona Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Vodafone Group Public's score of -0.21 indicating that Zegona Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vodafone Group Public	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Zegona Communications	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend VOD or ZEG?

Vodafone Group Public presently has a consensus price target of GBX 75.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.12%. Zegona Communications has a consensus price target of GBX 637.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.20%. Given Vodafone Group Public's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than Zegona Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vodafone Group Public	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Zegona Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VOD or ZEG?

Vodafone Group Public received 2291 more outperform votes than Zegona Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.29% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 69.33% of users gave Zegona Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vodafone Group Public	Outperform Votes 2404 75.29%	Underperform Votes 789 24.71%
Zegona Communications	Outperform Votes 113 69.33%	Underperform Votes 50 30.67%

Summary

Vodafone Group Public beats Zegona Communications on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.