Communication Services
Airtel Africa Plc(AARTY)
Data coverage status · 6 need attention
Quote through 2026-08-03T13:30:00Z · Stale
Quote synced 2026-08-05T20:42:52.160527Z
Daily bars through 2026-08-03 · Stale
Daily bars synced 2026-08-05T03:27:29.268203Z
Fundamentals through 2026-03-31 · Current
Fundamentals synced 2026-08-05T20:32:32.971685Z
Forecasts: Stale
Forecasts synced 2026-05-05T11:55:27.234162Z
Ownership: Missing
Ownership synced 2026-08-05T20:32:32.971685Z
Short interest: Missing
Short interest synced 2026-08-05T20:32:32.971685Z
News: Missing
News synced 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Company profile: Delayed
Company profile synced 2026-05-06T21:56:43.246241Z
Regular-session price
Offline$46.13
+0.00% regular session
1Y Change
+128.92%
Window
Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 3, 2026
- Market Cap
- $17.42B
- P/E
- 32.5
- Trailing
- 52W Range
- $14.03 - $52.20
- Volume
- 0
Investment Snapshot
Valuation, growth, profitability, catalysts, and benchmark context.
1D
0.0%
1M
+1.7%
6M
+128.9%
YTD
+128.9%
1Y
+128.9%
- Market Cap
- $17.42B
- OTC
- P/E
- 32.5
- Trailing valuation
- Revenue Growth
- +29.5%
- TTM growth
- EPS Growth
- +210.0%
- TTM earnings growth
- Operating Margin
- 33.1%
- TTM profitability
- Forward P/E
- —
- Waiting on consensus EPS
- Next Earnings
- Aug 5, 2026
- Today
- 52W Position
- 84%
- $14.03 - $52.20
- Volume
- 0
- 0 shares latest
- Benchmark
- +108.27 pts
- vs SPY over 1Y
- Dividend
- 1.4%
- Last ex-date Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 257 bars · Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 3, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Airtel Africa Plc (AARTY) is a Communication Services stock with listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $46.13 and up 128.9% across the available one-year price window (Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 3, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +29.5%, EPS growth of +210.0%, a dividend yield of 1.4%. What stands out right now is revenue +29.5%, EPS +210.0%, free cash flow +64.9% with operating margin 33.1% 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. Stock Foundry combines AARTY 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
Above sector median
+29.5% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+33.1% vs +3.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
Q2 2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +29.5% and EPS at +210.0%, with operating margin around 33.1%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Aug 5, 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 +6.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS Delta | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2 2026 May 5, 2026 | -- | +0.0% | +19.2% | +11.3% |
Q1 2026 Jan 27, 2026 | -- | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
Q4 2025 Oct 22, 2025 | -- | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
Benchmark Edge
AARTY 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
AARTY is 108.27 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.
AARTY had 8.72 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
AARTY beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
AARTY
+128.92%
Normalized return
SPY
+20.65%
S&P 500
Excess Return
+108.27 pts
Relative to SPY
AARTY Max Drawdown
-17.85%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for AARTY and SPY.
| Year | AARTY | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +128.92% | +12.64% | +116.28 pts | AARTY |
| 2025 | 0.00% | +9.40% | -9.40 pts | SPY |
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
- Mar 27, 2023
- 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
- +29.5%
- EPS
- +210.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- +64.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 72.9%
- Operating Margin
- 33.1%
- Net Margin
- 12.7%
- ROE
- 20.0%
- ROIC
- 10.7%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.23
- Current Ratio
- 0.28
Ownership & Float
- Float
- 758.50M
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Next Step
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