AAF PEER ANALYSIS

Airtel Africa Plc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

AAFAirtel Africa Plc

🇬🇧 UK · LSE · Communication Services · Telecom Services

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Telecom Services

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

AAFIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	AAF	KVHI	CABO	ATNI	GOGO	CCOI	Ind. Median
P/E	24.77●	—	—	—	34.98	—	18.23
P/B	5.31	1.34	0.20	0.87	4.14	-5.96●	1.73
EV/EBITDA	6.42●	23.82	39.09	6.71	8.01	16.20	8.01
P/S	2.62	1.50	0.20●	0.52	0.54	0.65	1.36

Financial Health
Metric	AAF	KVHI	CABO	ATNI	GOGO	CCOI	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.58	6.25●	1.75	1.21	1.66	1.90	1.05
Debt/Equity	203.7%	3.3%	210.5%	159.7%	765.3%	-2,555.4%●	159.6%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.28	-10.73●	35.50	4.03	4.97	13.00	2.84

Profitability
Metric	AAF	KVHI	CABO	ATNI	GOGO	CCOI	Ind. Median
Net Margin	10.6%●	-4.3%	-21.9%	-1.2%	1.5%	-17.9%	5.8%
ROE	23.9%●	-3.8%	-19.9%	-1.9%	13.9%	—	8.1%
ROA	5.2%●	-3.3%	-5.4%	-0.5%	1.1%	-5.5%	1.6%
EBITDA Margin	51.0%●	4.3%	5.6%	19.3%	17.7%	20.4%	35.8%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	AAF	KVHI	CABO	ATNI	GOGO	CCOI	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	28.7%	7.2%	-5.3%	1.3%	58.8%●	-6.7%	1.4%
NI Growth	206.5%	—	—	—	—	—	-2.5%
Div. Yield	2.1%	—	0.0%	4.2%	—	14.5%●	4.4%
Payout	36.4%	—	0.0%	-185.1%	—	-60.3%	37.1%

Valuation
Metric	AAF	BT-A	VOD	Ind. Median
P/E	24.77●	62.10	—	18.23
P/B	5.31	1.48	0.52●	1.73
EV/EBITDA	6.42	10.79	4.13●	8.01
P/S	2.62	1.81	0.66●	1.36

Financial Health
Metric	AAF	BT-A	VOD	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.58	0.85	1.07●	1.05
Debt/Equity	203.7%	180.8%	104.0%●	159.6%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.28●	5.73	2.40	2.84

Profitability
Metric	AAF	BT-A	VOD	Ind. Median
Net Margin	10.6%●	2.9%	-1.0%	5.8%
ROE	23.9%●	2.3%	-0.8%	8.1%
ROA	5.2%●	0.6%	-0.3%	1.6%
EBITDA Margin	51.0%●	35.8%	38.3%	35.8%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	AAF	BT-A	VOD	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	28.7%●	-33.1%	7.2%	1.4%
NI Growth	206.5%●	-55.8%	—	-2.5%
Div. Yield	2.1%	4.4%	4.7%●	4.4%
Payout	36.4%	77.6%	-267.4%	37.1%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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