Bharti Airtel Limited vs Vodafone Idea Limited
An objective side-by-side of BHARTIARTL and IDEA, both in Telecommunications - Service Provider: valuation, profitability, growth, balance sheet, ownership and share-price performance. Where one number is clearly better on its own terms (lower P/E, higher ROE), it is shaded. That is a description, not a recommendation.
Prices as of 2026-09-21 close
Latest results: BHARTIARTL Jun 2026 · IDEA Jun 2026
At a glance
- Bharti Airtel Limited is the larger company by market value, about 7.6 times the size of Vodafone Idea Limited.
- On trailing earnings, Vodafone Idea Limited trades at the lower P/E (4.0 against 31.4).
- Bharti Airtel Limited earns the higher return on equity (24.4% against -104.5%).
- Over three years Bharti Airtel Limited has grown profits faster (49% a year against 6%).
- Over the past year the share prices returned -3.9% (BHARTIARTL) and +70.0% (IDEA).
| Metric | Bharti Airtel BHARTIARTL |
Vodafone Idea IDEA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | ₹1,141,799 Cr | ₹149,947 Cr |
| Share price | ₹1,830 | ₹13.84 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 31.36 | 4.01 |
| P/B | 7.66 | -4.19 |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.69 | 17.63 |
| PEG | 0.64 | 0.67 |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| ROE | 24.4% | -104.5% |
| ROCE | 18.0% | -2.0% |
| Operating margin | 56.9% | 42.8% |
| Sales (TTM) | ₹220,049 Cr | ₹45,430 Cr |
| Net profit (TTM) | ₹36,412 Cr | ₹37,368 Cr |
| Growth | ||
| Latest quarter sales YoY | +18.4% | +6.0% |
| Latest quarter profit YoY | +34.9% | +43.2% |
| Sales CAGR 3Y | +15.0% | +2.0% |
| Profit CAGR 3Y | +49.0% | +6.0% |
| Sales CAGR 5Y | +16.0% | +1.0% |
| Profit CAGR 5Y | +24.0% | +0.0% |
| Financial strength | ||
| Debt/Equity | 1.31 | -5.38 |
| Interest cover | 3.11 | -0.14 |
| Ownership | ||
| Promoter holding | 48.9% | 25.6% |
| Promoter change (4 qtrs) | -2.39 pp | +0.07 pp |
| Price performance | ||
| Return 1M | -5.74% | -1.35% |
| Return 3M | -4.51% | -6.61% |
| Return 1Y | -3.90% | +70.02% |
| Return YTD | -13.08% | +28.62% |
| Technical condition | ||
| Technical score | 25 | 31 |
| RS rating (1-99) | 44.00 | 80.00 |
| % vs 200-DMA | -4.87% | +14.38% |
| RSI (14) | 43.27 | 42.30 |
| % from 52-week high | -15.83% | -12.35% |
