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Airtel Africa PLC AARTY
Airtel Africa AARTY 55 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is 2.57 as of Jul. 11, 2026, which is 55% below its 10-year median of 5.70. GuruFocus rates AARTY with a GF Score™ of 55/100 and a GF Value™ of $16.25 (Significantly Overvalued). The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review. Among 229 Telecommunication Services companies, Airtel Africa ranks worse than 65.94% on this metric.
Airtel Africa's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was 2.57.
The historical rank and industry rank for Airtel Africa's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 10 years, Airtel Africa's highest Yield on Cost was 14.40. The lowest was 2.14. And the median was 5.70.
Airtel Africa (OTCPK:AARTY) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation
Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.
For the Telecom Services subindustry, Airtel Africa's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Airtel Africa's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Airtel Africa's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.
Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.
Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.
Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Airtel Africa is calculated as
| Yield-on-Cost | = | Dividend Yield % | * | (1 | + | Dividend Growth Rate)^5 |
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Airtel Africa stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $45.37 is trading 179.2% above its estimated GF Value™ of $16.25. GuruFocus considers Airtel Africa to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for AARTY:
No single metric tells the full story. See the AARTY stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is just one metric. See GF Value™, 30-year financials, guru trades, warning signs, and more.
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