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Zegona Communications PlcZEG.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Financials›Financial Conglomerates

UK investment vehicle that owns and operates Vodafone Spain, providing mobile, broadband and TV services in Spain.

≈ A holding company that bought a European telecom carve-out, like a private-equity telecom Momentum neutral 53
Mkt cap
$5.17B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
77%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$9.83M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
46.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 10.7%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
18 days
24 Nov 2026
Close · GBP£1,716
1D-3.3%
1W-2.8%
1M-3.5%
3M+18.3%
6M-4.9%
YTD+23.0%
1Y+46.0%
ATR %3.9%
52w lowhigh9.5% off high

What Zegona Communications does

UK investment vehicle that owns and operates Vodafone Spain, providing mobile, broadband and TV services in Spain.

Holds one operating business, so its results are those of Vodafone Spain: monthly subscriptions for mobile, home fibre broadband and TV, often sold as bundles. It bought the business from Vodafone Group in 2024 and has been cutting costs since.

In one line: A holding company that bought a European telecom carve-out, like a private-equity telecom .

Products and services

  • Mobile services (Vodafone Spain)
  • Broadband/fibre
  • TV

Customers

  • Spanish consumers and businesses

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Telecom
  • Network operator (acquired)
  • Mobile/broadband/TV in Spain

What could go right

  • Cost synergies from the Vodafone Spain acquisition
  • Spanish mobile/broadband market stabilization

What could go wrong

  • High leverage from the acquisition
  • Intense Spanish telecom price competition

Moat: narrow (installed base, scale). Vodafone Spain's existing network and brand give scale, but the Spanish telecom market is intensely price-competitive.

Headquarters: London, UK · Founded: 2015 · Employees: 2,904

Named competitors

  • Telefonica TEF.MC
  • Orange Spain (MasOrange) private or unlisted
  • Cellnex Telecom CLNX.MC
  • Euskaltel/MasMovil private or unlisted
  • Digi Communications private or unlisted

Zegona Communications at a glance

Size Zegona Communications (ZEG.L) is a United Kingdom Financials company (Financial Conglomerates) with a market value of $5.17B, the 95th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £1,716 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 4.9%, against -0.6% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 54.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +17.3%); the operating margin is 8.0% (peer median 38.2%).

Valuation It trades at 46.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.3× (most expensive of 18).

Next results Next results expected around 24 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 101ZEG.L 100
Six months, rebased to 100: Zegona Communications against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Zegona Communications financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue£3.14B£3.14B£2.03B£0£0
Revenue growth—+55%———
Gross profit£1.17B£1.17B£899M-£12,176-£13,651
EBITDA£1.51B£1.51B£859M-£11.6M-£2.83M
Net income-£165M-£164M-£295M-£13.5M-£2.83M
Free cash flow£2.10B£2.08B£868M-£3.20M-£3.34M
Capital expenditure£547M£542M£392M£0£0
Total debtn/a£4.13B£4.12B£0£0

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Zegona Communications competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%-20%0%AIILMAINOBDCAZMONEXBBUCMF3396BIONGBDCAKERROKO-BASSTMNG600032PURR8473BMNRBUREZEG.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Zegona Communications is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+250%+500%+750%+1,000%20×40×MAINOBDCAZMONEXBBUCMF3396BIONGBDCROKO-BASSTBMNRZEG.LRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Zegona Communications is the large dot.

Zegona Communications competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (ZEG.L vs TEF.MC vs CLNX.MC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Zegona Communications ZEG.L$5.17B-5%+55%8%46.4×n/a
Telefonica TEF.MC$21.4B-16%-11%5%10.8×11.7%
Cellnex Telecom CLNX.MC$19.6B-7%0%13%n/a29.7%

How Zegona Communications compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Zegona Communications against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureZEG.LPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-3.5%+4.5%7th lowest of 21
6-month return-4.9%-0.6%7th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-9.5%-18.0%5th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+54.5%+17.3%6th highest of 20
Operating margin8.0%38.2%5th lowest of 21
Forward P/E46.4×11.3×most expensive of 18

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Zegona Communications ZEG.LUnited Kingdom$5.17B-5%+55%8%46.4×n/an/a
Authum Investment & Infrastucture AIIL.NSIndia$5.14B+16%-23%79%n/an/an/a
Main Street Capital MAINUnited States$5.33B+6%+3%91%15.0×n/an/a
Blue Owl Capital OBDCUnited States$5.39B-4%+1%54%8.2×n/an/a
Azimut AZM.MIItaly$5.70B-1%+17%46%10.6×n/an/a
Onex ONEX.TOCanada$5.91B-7%+2%173%22.3×n/an/a
Brookfield Business BBUC.TOCanada$6.15B-9%+106%13%5.4×n/an/a
Wendel MF.PAFrance$4.14B0%-13%12%29.9×n/an/a
Legend 3396.HKHong Kong$4.03B+34%+27%4%4.8×n/an/a
BB Biotech BION.SWSwitzerland$3.45B+13%+125%491%20.0×n/an/a
Golub Capital BDC GBDCUnited States$3.31B-3%-9%60%9.9×n/an/a
Aker AKER.OLNorway$8.60B-7%-17%226%14.3×n/an/a
Roko ROKO-B.STSweden$2.97B+14%+20%18%25.6×n/an/a
Kyivstar KYIVUnited States$2.96B-4%+26%36%9.0×n/an/a
Strive ASSTUnited States$2.73B+35%+650%-14,416%4.2×n/an/a
M&G MNG.LUnited Kingdom$10.3B+7%+68%8%11.3×n/an/a
Zhejiang Provincial New Energy Investment 600032.SSChina$2.59B-27%-6%27%n/an/an/a
Hyperliquid Strategies PURRUnited States$2.45B+104%n/a-60%24.0×n/an/a
SBI 8473.TJapan$11.2B-13%+20%40%5.9×n/an/a
BitMine Immersion Technologies BMNRUnited States$11.3B-15%+1,022%-485%25.9×n/an/a
Bure Equity BURE.STSweden$2.30B+12%-3%2,018%n/an/an/a

Questions

Who are Zegona Communications's main competitors?
Named competitors: Telefonica (TEF.MC), Orange Spain (MasOrange) (private or unlisted), Cellnex Telecom (CLNX.MC), Euskaltel/MasMovil (private or unlisted), Digi Communications (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Authum Investment & Infrastucture (AIIL.NS), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Blue Owl Capital (OBDC), Azimut (AZM.MI), Onex (ONEX.TO), Brookfield Business (BBUC.TO).
Is Zegona Communications expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 46.4× against a peer median of 11.3×, most expensive of 18 in its peer set.
How has Zegona Communications stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -4.9% against -0.6% for the median peer; over one year +46.0%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.