AFRN vs. ITV, STVG, ZIN, BBB, HUD, OMIP, DNM, SEEN, GVMH, 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), Bigblu Broadband (BBB), Huddled Group (HUD), One Media iP Group (OMIP), Dianomi (DNM), SEEEN (SEEN), Grand Vision Media (GVMH), and Digitalbox (DBOX). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Aferian vs. Its Competitors
Aferian (LON:AFRN) and ITV (LON:ITV) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, ITV had 2 more articles in the media than Aferian. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ITV and 0 mentions for Aferian. Aferian's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat ITV's score of -0.40 indicating that Aferian is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aferian has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITV has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
66.6% of Aferian shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of ITV shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of Aferian shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of ITV shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
ITV has a consensus target price of GBX 115, suggesting a potential upside of 44.56%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ITV is more favorable than Aferian.
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.
Aferian pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 81.1%. ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Aferian pays out -6.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ITV pays out 45.7% 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.
Summary
ITV beats Aferian on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AFRN) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
