Aferian (AFRN) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AFRN or ITV?

66.6% of Aferian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of ITV shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.7% of Aferian shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of ITV 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.

Is AFRN or ITV more profitable?

ITV has a net margin of 12.11% compared to Aferian's net margin of -176.93%. ITV's return on equity of 23.16% beat Aferian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aferian	-176.93%	-153.22%	-9.55%
ITV	12.11%	23.16%	5.84%

Is AFRN or ITV a better dividend stock?

Aferian pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 82.2%. ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Aferian pays out -588.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ITV pays out 4,545.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aferian is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer AFRN or ITV?

ITV has a consensus target price of GBX 112.50, suggesting a potential upside of 54.75%. 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
Aferian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ITV	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AFRN or ITV?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aferian	£36.65M	0.11	-£64.84M	-£0.51	-7.16
ITV	£3.58B	0.79	£434M	£0.11	660.91

Does the media favor AFRN or ITV?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aferian	Neutral
ITV	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AFRN or ITV?

ITV received 1586 more outperform votes than Aferian when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aferian	N/A	N/A
ITV	Outperform Votes 1586 73.05%	Underperform Votes 585 26.95%

Which has more volatility and risk, AFRN or ITV?

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

Summary

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