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Aferian (AFRN) Competitors

GBX 3.35 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 04/25/2025

AFRN vs. ITV, STVG, ZIN, HUD, DNM, GVMH, OMIP, SEEN, SBDS, and DBOX

Should you be buying Aferian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aferian include ITV (ITV), STV Group (STVG), Zinc Media Group (ZIN), Huddled Group (HUD), Dianomi (DNM), Grand Vision Media (GVMH), One Media iP Group (OMIP), SEEEN (SEEN), Silver Bullet Data Services Group (SBDS), and Digitalbox (DBOX). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.

Aferian vs.

ITV (LON:ITV) and Aferian (LON:AFRN) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

ITV presently has a consensus target price of GBX 112.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.23%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ITV is more favorable than Aferian.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ITV
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Aferian
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

ITV received 1587 more outperform votes than Aferian when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ITVOutperform Votes
1587
73.07%
Underperform Votes
585
26.93%
AferianN/AN/A

In the previous week, ITV's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aferian'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
ITV Neutral
Aferian Neutral

ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Aferian pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 89.6%. ITV pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aferian pays out -6.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Aferian is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

64.8% of ITV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.6% of Aferian shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of ITV shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of Aferian shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

ITV has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aferian has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

ITV has a net margin of 12.11% compared to Aferian's net margin of -177.04%. ITV's return on equity of 23.62% beat Aferian's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ITV12.11% 23.62% 5.84%
Aferian -177.04%N/A -9.55%

ITV has higher revenue and earnings than Aferian. Aferian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITV, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ITV£3.45B0.90£418.00M£10.957.38
Aferian£46.34M0.10-£82.04M-£47.10-0.07

Summary

ITV beats Aferian on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AFRN vs. The Competition

MetricAferianBroadcasting IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.66M£639.62M£3.23B£2.56B
Dividend Yield8.47%5.78%6.77%4.84%
P/E Ratio-0.077.8121.31132.22
Price / Sales0.1018.09186.31241,113.66
Price / Cash10.2711.1416.1628.31
Price / BookN/A1.734.524.53
Net Income-£82.04M£39.04M£144.49M£5.86B
7 Day Performance8.06%4.45%2.45%8.60%
1 Month Performance31.37%5.04%-0.73%6.36%
1 Year Performance-54.58%7.25%7.32%103.29%

Aferian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AFRN
Aferian
N/AGBX 3.35
flat
N/A-56.5%£4.66M£46.34M-0.07169
ITV
ITV
3.5474 of 5 stars
GBX 76.55
+4.3%
GBX 112.50
+47.0%
+15.3%£2.95B£3.45B6.996,743Positive News
STVG
STV Group
N/AGBX 172.50
+6.5%
N/A-25.6%£80.60M£182.00M11.78598News Coverage
Positive News
ZIN
Zinc Media Group
N/AGBX 62.10
+1.0%
N/A-19.9%£15.12M£40.13M-4.59283
HUD
Huddled Group
N/AGBX 4.09
+2.2%
N/A+24.0%£12.92M£7.56M-4.55N/A
DNM
Dianomi
N/AGBX 33
-7.0%
N/A-32.7%£9.91M£29.52M-15.4442Gap Down
GVMH
Grand Vision Media
N/AGBX 0.98
flat
N/AN/A£9.15M£54.27M-2.3016
OMIP
One Media iP Group
N/AGBX 3.65
-2.7%
N/A-4.5%£8.12M£5.38M50.6521Gap Down
SEEN
SEEEN
N/AGBX 4
flat
N/A+9.9%£6.63M£3.52M-1.09N/ANews Coverage
SBDS
Silver Bullet Data Services Group
N/AGBX 33.50
flat
N/A-57.2%£5.85M£8.60M-1.9968Gap Up
DBOX
Digitalbox
N/AGBX 4.50
+3.4%
N/AN/A£5.52M£3.31M-0.8532Gap Down

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This page (LON:AFRN) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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