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Zegona Communications (ZEG) Competitors

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GBX 327.16 +3.16 (+0.98%)
(As of 05:56 AM ET)

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.

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

Zegona Communications received 87 more outperform votes than Airtel Africa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.71% of users gave Airtel Africa an outperform vote while only 68.94% of users gave Zegona Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Zegona CommunicationsOutperform Votes
111
68.94%
Underperform Votes
50
31.06%
Airtel AfricaOutperform Votes
24
85.71%
Underperform Votes
4
14.29%

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
Zegona CommunicationsN/A -2.61% -0.50%
Airtel Africa 0.25%3.43%9.60%

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

Zegona Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Airtel Africa pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. 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 pays out -16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Airtel Africa is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Zegona Communications currently has a consensus price target of GBX 450, suggesting a potential upside of 37.55%. Airtel Africa has a consensus price target of GBX 136.67, suggesting a potential upside of 41.48%. Given Airtel Africa's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Airtel Africa is more favorable than Zegona Communications.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zegona Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 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

In the previous week, Airtel Africa had 1 more articles in the media than Zegona Communications. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Airtel Africa and 0 mentions for Zegona Communications. Airtel Africa's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Zegona Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Airtel Africa is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Zegona Communications Neutral
Airtel Africa Positive

21.6% of Zegona Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Airtel Africa shares are held by institutional investors. 74.7% of Zegona Communications 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Zegona CommunicationsN/AN/A-£15.55M£0.093,635.11
Airtel Africa£4.78B0.75£12M-£0.03-3,220.00

Summary

Airtel Africa beats Zegona Communications on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ZEG vs. The Competition

MetricZegona CommunicationsTelecom Services IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.30B£9.32B£2.67B£1.38B
Dividend Yield5.71%9.06%6.94%11.73%
P/E Ratio3,635.11125.56312.021,551.35
Price / SalesN/A58.11127.11209,189.85
Price / Cash0.5232.0416.0732.93
Price / Book1.953.103.452.80
Net Income-£15.55M£586.10M£108.81M£152.70M
7 Day Performance8.33%-0.71%-0.62%-0.54%
1 Month Performance-8.10%-1.52%-1.73%7.07%
1 Year Performance119.72%9.12%9.21%91.74%

Zegona Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZEG
Zegona Communications
2.3316 of 5 stars
GBX 327.16
+1.0%
GBX 450
+37.5%
+117.4%£2.30BN/A3,635.116
AAF
Airtel Africa
3.2258 of 5 stars
GBX 96.60
+1.7%
GBX 136.67
+41.5%
-16.0%£3.56B£4.78B-3,165.004,098
ISAT
Inmarsat
N/AGBX 544.40
+0.8%
N/A+0.0%£2.56B£1.44B-41.561,800High Trading Volume
GAMA
Gamma Communications
2.7108 of 5 stars
GBX 1,567.06
-0.2%
GBX 2,140
+36.6%
+45.4%£1.50B£548M2,706.901,895
TALK
TalkTalk Telecom Group
N/AGBX 96.90
flat
N/AN/A£1.11B£1.52B7.57500High Trading Volume
HTWS
Helios Towers
1.2294 of 5 stars
GBX 94.50
-2.0%
GBX 230
+143.4%
+34.8%£992.25M£760.70M-1,606.67725
KCOM
KCOM Group
N/AGBX 120
flat
N/A+0.0%£619.93M£281.64M-18.181,464
MANX
Manx Telecom
N/AGBX 215.50
flat
N/A+0.0%£249.70M£81.47M20.72300
MAI
Maintel
N/AGBX 241.10
-1.6%
N/A+48.5%£34.62M£100.41M-1,361.11482
BBB
Bigblu Broadband
N/AGBX 40
flat
N/A+28.2%£23.59M£24.16M-1,333.3390Gap Up
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 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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