Bharti Airtel Ltd
NSE: BHARTIARTL BSE: 532454
₹1799.40
-7.10 (0.39%)
Thu, 22 Oct 2026, 07:04 pm
Market Cap (in Cr)1126554.43
PE Ratio38.16
Dividend1.35
Bharti Airtel Analysis
dividend
Pros
- Dividends after 3 years are expected to be well covered by earnings (4.3x coverage).
Cons
- Bharti Airtel is not paying a notable dividend for India, therefore no need to check if the payments are increasing.
- No need to calculate the sustainability of Bharti Airtel's dividends as it is not paying a notable one for India.
- Bharti Airtel is not paying a notable dividend for India, therefore no need to check if the payments are stable.
- Bharti Airtel's pays a lower dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
- Bharti Airtel's dividend is below the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).
future
Pros
- Cash flow for Bharti Airtel is expected to increase by more than 50% in 2 years time.
- Bharti Airtel's earnings are expected to grow significantly at over 20% yearly.
- Bharti Airtel's earnings growth is expected to exceed the India market average.
- Bharti Airtel's earnings growth is expected to exceed the low risk savings rate of 7.2%.
- Bharti Airtel is expected to become profitable in 1 year.
- Bharti Airtel is expected to become profitable in 3 years time.
- Bharti Airtel is expected to become profitable in 2 years.
- Performance (ROE) is expected to be above the current Asia Wireless Telecom industry average.
- An improvement in Bharti Airtel's performance (ROE) is expected over the next 3 years.
- Bharti Airtel's revenue growth is expected to exceed the India market average.
Cons
- Bharti Airtel is not expected to efficiently use shareholders’ funds in the future (Return on Equity less than 20%).
- Bharti Airtel's revenue is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
- Bharti Airtel's revenue is expected to grow by 12.4% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
health
Pros
- The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (120.3% vs 115.2% today).
Cons
- Bharti Airtel's short term (1 year) commitments are greater than its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
- Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (15.4%, less than 20% of total debt).
- Debt is not covered by short term assets, assets are 0.7x debt.
- Bharti Airtel's long term commitments exceed its cash and other short term assets.
- Bharti Airtel is making a loss, therefore interest payments are not well covered by earnings.
- Bharti Airtel's level of debt (115.2%) compared to net worth is high (greater than 40%).
- High level of physical assets or inventory.
management
Pros
- The tenure for the Bharti Airtel board of directors is about average.
- The tenure for the Bharti Airtel management team is about average.
Cons
- Gopal's remuneration is higher than average for companies of similar size in India.
- Gopal's compensation has increased whilst company is loss making.
- Bharti Airtel individual insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
misc
Pros
Cons
- Bharti Airtel has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.
past
Pros
Cons
- Unable to compare Bharti Airtel's 1-year earnings growth to the 5-year average as it is not currently profitable.
- Bharti Airtel does not make a profit and their year on year earnings growth rate was negative over the past 5 years.
- It is difficult to establish if Bharti Airtel has efficiently used its assets last year compared to the Asia Wireless Telecom industry average (Return on Assets) as it is loss-making.
- It is difficult to establish if Bharti Airtel improved its use of capital last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed) as it is currently loss-making.
- It is difficult to establish if Bharti Airtel has efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity greater than 20%) as it is loss-making.
- Unable to compare Bharti Airtel's 1-year growth to the Asia Wireless Telecom industry average as it is not currently profitable.
value
Pros
- Bharti Airtel's share price is below the future cash flow value, and at a moderate discount (> 20%).
- 532454 outperformed the Wireless Telecom industry which returned -5.1% over the past year.
- 532454 outperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
- BSE:532454 is down -1.7% along with the Wireless Telecom industry (-1.7%) over the past month.
Cons
- Bharti Airtel's share price is below the future cash flow value, but not at a substantial discount (< 40%).
- Bharti Airtel is overvalued based on assets compared to the Asia Wireless Telecom industry average.
- Bharti Airtel is loss making, we can't compare its value to the Asia Wireless Telecom industry average.
- Bharti Airtel is loss making, we can't compare the value of its earnings to the India market.
- BSE:532454 is down -1.7% underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.