AFRN vs. ITV, STVG, ZIN, DNM, SBDS, OMIP, HUD, CINE, DBOX, and AEO
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), Dianomi (DNM), Silver Bullet Data Services Group (SBDS), One Media iP Group (OMIP), Huddled Group (HUD), Cineworld Group (CINE), Digitalbox (DBOX), and Aeorema Communications (AEO). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Aferian vs.
Aferian (LON:AFRN) and ITV (LON:ITV) are both communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Aferian's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ITV'saverage media sentiment score.
Aferian has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITV has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Aferian pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 78.7%. ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. 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.
ITV has a consensus target price of GBX 112.50, indicating a potential upside of 49.70%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ITV is more favorable than Aferian.
ITV received 1586 more outperform votes than Aferian when rated by MarketBeat users.
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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This page (LON:AFRN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
