Communication Services
Airtel Africa Plc(AAFRF)
Data coverage status Β· 6 need attention
Quote through 2026-08-03T13:30:00Z Β· Stale
Quote synced 2026-08-05T20:42:52.195544Z
Daily bars through 2026-08-03 Β· Stale
Daily bars synced 2026-08-05T08:11:40.986926Z
Fundamentals through 2026-05-04 Β· Current
Fundamentals synced 2026-08-05T20:32:33.140342Z
Forecasts: Stale
Forecasts synced 2026-05-05T11:54:22.542581Z
Ownership: Missing
Ownership synced 2026-08-05T20:32:33.140342Z
Short interest: Missing
Short interest synced 2026-08-05T20:32:33.140342Z
News through 2026-05-09T13:21:15Z Β· Stale
News synced 2026-05-09T19:30:55.763517Z
Company profile: Delayed
Company profile synced 2026-05-06T21:56:11.567383Z
Regular-session price
Offline$4.60
+0.00% regular session
1Y Change
+77.41%
Window
Aug 5, 2025 β Aug 3, 2026
- Market Cap
- $17.42B
- P/E
- 32.5
- Trailing
- 52W Range
- $2.55 - $5.85
- Volume
- 0
Investment Snapshot
Valuation, growth, profitability, catalysts, and benchmark context.
1D
0.0%
1M
+1.7%
6M
+1.0%
YTD
-8.3%
1Y
+77.4%
- Market Cap
- $17.42B
- OTC
- P/E
- 32.5
- Trailing valuation
- Revenue Growth
- -0.5%
- TTM growth
- EPS Growth
- +234.8%
- TTM earnings growth
- Operating Margin
- 32.0%
- TTM profitability
- Forward P/E
- β
- Waiting on consensus EPS
- Next Earnings
- Sep 29, 2026
- In 55 days
- 52W Position
- 62%
- $2.55 - $5.85
- Volume
- 0
- 0 shares latest
- Benchmark
- +56.76 pts
- vs SPY over 1Y
- Dividend
- 1.4%
- Last ex-date Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 251 bars Β· Aug 5, 2025 β Aug 3, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Airtel Africa Plc (AAFRF) is a Communication Services stock with listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $4.59 and up 77.4% across the available one-year price window (Aug 5, 2025 β Aug 3, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -0.5%, EPS growth of +234.8%, a dividend yield of 1.4%. What stands out right now is revenue -0.5%, EPS +234.8%, free cash flow +14.4% with operating margin 32.0% and ROIC 10.7%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.4%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 32.5 and price/sales 2.9. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines AAFRF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-0.5% vs +12.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+32.0% vs +3.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
Q2 2026 was reported on Jun 29, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +81.8%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -0.5% and EPS is at +234.8%, with operating margin around 32.0%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Sep 29, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -5.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS Delta | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2 2026 Jun 29, 2026 | +81.8% | -14.2% | -12.3% | -10.8% |
Q1 2026 Feb 17, 2026 | +15.0% | +0.0% | -3.6% | +3.2% |
Q4 2025 Nov 14, 2025 | -32.6% | +0.5% | -0.2% | +5.0% |
Benchmark Edge
AAFRF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
Mixed setup vs SPY
AAFRF is 56.76 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.
AAFRF had 14.58 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
AAFRF beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
AAFRF
+77.41%
Normalized return
SPY
+20.65%
S&P 500
Excess Return
+56.76 pts
Relative to SPY
AAFRF Max Drawdown
-23.72%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for AAFRF and SPY.
| Year | AAFRF | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -8.28% | +12.64% | -20.93 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | +85.33% | +9.40% | +75.93 pts | AAFRF |
Company Overview
Airtel Africa Plc
Other OTC
Airtel Africa Plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications and mobile money services to customers in Nigeria, East Africa, and Francophone Africa. It offers prepaid and postpaid wireless voice, international roaming, and fixed line telephone services; data communication services, including 2G, 3G, and 4G; and mobile money services, such as digital wallet payments systems, microloans, savings, and international money transfers. The company also provides messaging, value added, enterprise, and infrastructure sharing services, as well as support services; and sells handsets. In addition, it is involved in the investment activities. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. Airtel Africa Plc is a subsidiary of Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited.
- Leadership
- Sunil Kumar Taldar
- IPO Date
- Feb 22, 2022
- Employees
- 4.2k
- Street Address
- 53/54 Grosvenor Street
- Mailing
- London, W1K 3HU
- Region
- London, GB
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 44 20 7493 9315
- Last Updated
- May 6, 2026
Statistics & Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 32.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.8
- Price/Sales
- 2.9
- Price/Book
- 6.1
Growth
- Revenue
- -0.5%
- EPS
- +234.8%
- Free Cash Flow
- +14.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 66.4%
- Operating Margin
- 32.0%
- Net Margin
- 9.0%
- ROE
- 20.0%
- ROIC
- 10.7%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.23
- Current Ratio
- 0.56
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Next Step
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