Operating Margin - Bharti Airtel Ltd (NSE:BHARTIARTL)

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Price: 2 053.2 INR -0.48%

Market Cap: 12.5T INR

30.5%

Current

26%

Average

9.7%

Industry

Operating Margin represents how efficiently a company is able to generate profit through its core operations.

Higher ratios are generally better, illustrating the company is efficient in its operations and is good at turning sales into profits.

Operating Margin

30.5%

Operating Profit

593.3B

Revenue

1.9T

Operating Margin Across Competitors

Country		Company	Market Cap	Operating Margin
IN		Bharti Airtel Ltd NSE:BHARTIARTL	11.7T INR	30%
ZA	M	MTN Group Ltd JSE:MTN	287.3B Zac	24%
ZA	V	Vodacom Group Ltd JSE:VOD	257B Zac	22%
US		T-Mobile US Inc NASDAQ:TMUS	218.2B USD	23%
CN		China Mobile Ltd SSE:600941	1.4T CNY	14%
JP		SoftBank Group Corp TSE:9984	24.5T JPY	10%
JP		KDDI Corp TSE:9433	10.7T JPY	18%
JP		SoftBank Corp TSE:9434	10.3T JPY	14%
MX		America Movil SAB de CV BMV:AMXB	1.2T MXN	20%
UK		Vodafone Group PLC LSE:VOD	23.6B GBP	12%
TH		Advanced Info Service PCL SET:ADVANC	919B THB	27%

Bharti Airtel Ltd
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Economic Moat

Narrow

Market Cap

11.7T INR

Industry

Telecommunication

In the bustling landscape of India’s telecommunications market, Bharti Airtel Ltd. stands out as a formidable player, weaving a narrative of rapid evolution and strategic acumen. Founded in 1995 by Sunil Bharti Mittal, the company initially thrived by capitalizing on the explosive growth of mobile communication in India. Airtel's business model revolves around providing comprehensive telecom services, including mobile, broadband, and digital TV offerings, which cater to both urban and rural demographics. The company uses its vast network of infrastructure to ensure extensive coverage and quality services. Airtel has consistently innovated to keep pace with technological advancements, shifting from traditional voice-centric services to a robust digital ecosystem through Airtel Xstream and other platforms. This not only strengthened its market presence but also personalized the user experience by offering a diverse suite of digital content. Financially, Bharti Airtel's revenue model is primarily driven by subscription charges collected from users for its various telecom and digital services. With a strategic mix of prepaid and postpaid plans, Airtel ensures a stable cash flow while catering to a wide range of customer segments. Beyond its telecom services, Airtel has diversified its portfolio by venturing into digital solutions through Airtel Business, which offers cloud, security, and IoT services to corporate clients. This diversification is pivotal in creating additional streams of revenue and reducing dependency on traditional telecom income. Furthermore, as a part of its continuous growth strategy, the company often harnesses collaborations and partnerships with tech giants to enhance its service offerings, optimizing its infrastructure to meet the growing demand for data and connectivity in the digital age. Through these efforts, Bharti Airtel continues to maintain a resilient foothold in the competitive Indian telecom sector while expanding its influence globally.

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Economic Moat is a concept popularized by Warren Buffett to describe a company's durable competitive advantage. It represents the 'moat' that protects a company from competitors and helps it sustain profitability over the long term. Our analysis of the past 10 years showed that companies with a wide economic moat significantly outperformed the market, delivering +645% returns compared to +189% for the S&P 500.

Our research into Economic Moat performance spans the past 10 years and focuses on companies with a wide economic moat. For this analysis, we calculated the average stock price returns of these companies, comparing them to the performance of the S&P 500 index over the same period.

The results were compelling: wide moat stocks achieved a remarkable +645% average return, compared to +188% for the broader market. This difference highlights the long-term benefits of investing in businesses that can maintain their market position and pricing power over time.

Note: This research does not account for survivorship bias. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Determining whether a company has an economic moat requires both a deep dive into financial metrics and a qualitative assessment of its competitive position. Our analysts conduct a rigorous evaluation that focuses on identifying structural advantages that enable a company to sustain profitability and defend its market share over the long term.

The process begins with an analysis of a company’s historical financial performance. We assess how consistently the company has generated returns above its cost of capital and whether those returns have been stable or improving. However, financial performance alone doesn’t reveal the full picture. To understand the sources of these advantages, we evaluate five key drivers of economic moats:

Network Effect: We analyze whether the value of a company’s product or service grows as its user base expands. Platforms like payment systems or marketplaces benefit from this self-reinforcing.

Switching Costs: We assess whether customers face significant costs or disruptions when switching to a competitor’s product or service. High switching costs create customer stickiness and provide pricing power.

Intangible Assets: Strong brands, patents, and regulatory licenses can protect a company’s market position by creating barriers for competitors or enabling premium pricing. For example, a well-recognized consumer brand may command higher customer loyalty and margins.

Efficient scale: Occurs when a market is optimally served by one or a few players, making it unprofitable for new entrants to compete. This typically happens in industries with high fixed costs or geographic constraints, such as utilities or pipelines.

Cost Advantage: Companies with structural cost advantages can produce goods or services at a lower cost than their competitors, enabling them to offer competitive pricing or maintain higher margins. These advantages often arise from economies of scale, superior supply chain management, or proprietary technology. Firms like Walmart leverage their massive scale to negotiate better terms with suppliers, allowing them to undercut competitors on price.

By examining these factors in combination with a company’s financial performance and market positioning, we classify each company into one of three categories:

This rigorous evaluation ensures that our moat ratings are both comprehensive and reliable, giving investors the tools they need to make well-informed, long-term decisions.

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