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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
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.
In the previous week, Airtel Africa had 2 more articles in the media than Zegona Communications. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Airtel Africa and 0 mentions for Zegona Communications. Zegona Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Airtel Africa's score of 0.97 indicating that Zegona Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zegona Communications received 86 more outperform votes than Airtel Africa when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.21% of users gave Airtel Africa an outperform vote while only 68.94% of users gave Zegona Communications an outperform vote.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Zegona Communications has a beta of 2.8, meaning that its stock price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Airtel Africa has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Zegona Communications presently has a consensus target price of GBX 450, suggesting a potential upside of 40.63%. Airtel Africa has a consensus target price of GBX 144.33, suggesting a potential upside of 37.07%. Given Zegona Communications' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Zegona Communications is more favorable than Airtel Africa.
Zegona Communications pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Airtel Africa pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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.
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 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ZEG) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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