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ITV (ITV) Competitors

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GBX 74.20
+0.30 (+0.41%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

ITV vs. STVG, AFRN, INF, WPP, AUTO, PSON, RMV, AAF, ZEG, and KWS

Should you be buying ITV stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ITV include STV Group (STVG), Aferian (AFRN), Informa (INF), WPP (WPP), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Pearson (PSON), Rightmove (RMV), Airtel Africa (AAF), Zegona Communications (ZEG), and Keywords Studios (KWS). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.

ITV vs.

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

ITV received 1208 more outperform votes than STV Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.53% of users gave STV Group an outperform vote while only 73.02% of users gave ITV an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
STV GroupOutperform Votes
375
76.53%
Underperform Votes
115
23.47%
ITVOutperform Votes
1583
73.02%
Underperform Votes
585
26.98%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
STV Group£183.50M0.58£6.90M£0.141,664.29
ITV£3.58B0.80£434M£0.11674.55

ITV has a consensus price target of GBX 110, suggesting a potential upside of 48.25%. Given ITV's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ITV is more favorable than STV Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
STV Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
ITV
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. STV Group pays out 7,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. ITV is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, STV Group had 2 more articles in the media than ITV. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for STV Group and 0 mentions for ITV. STV Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ITV'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
STV Group Neutral
ITV Neutral

STV Group has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its share price is 91% 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.

ITV has a net margin of 12.11% compared to STV Group's net margin of 3.76%. ITV's return on equity of 23.16% beat STV Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
STV Group3.76% N/A 6.57%
ITV 12.11%23.16%5.84%

81.3% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of ITV shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of STV Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of ITV shares are held by company 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.

Summary

ITV beats STV Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ITV vs. The Competition

MetricITVBroadcasting IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.88B£591.28M£3.03B£1.59B
Dividend Yield6.47%5.60%6.50%11.05%
P/E Ratio674.55186.21322.611,740.37
Price / Sales0.8018.67135.65230,520.65
Price / Cash5.8511.1415.8735.87
Price / Book1.581.383.632.88
Net Income£434M£43.71M£118.30M£144.83M
7 Day Performance-1.40%-2.48%0.47%0.11%
1 Month Performance-5.30%-0.23%-0.16%-0.11%
1 Year Performance13.91%18.91%18.48%15.28%

ITV Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITV
ITV
2.9542 of 5 stars
GBX 74.20
+0.4%
GBX 110
+48.2%
+16.3%£2.88B£3.58B674.556,743
STVG
STV Group
N/AGBX 235
+0.4%
N/A+23.8%£107.04M£183.50M1,678.57598News Coverage
AFRN
Aferian
N/AGBX 3
flat
N/A-76.8%£3.34M£36.65M-5.88169
INF
Informa
2.6745 of 5 stars
GBX 826.20
-0.4%
GBX 904
+9.4%
+14.2%£10.91B£3.36B3,592.1711,135
WPP
WPP
1.5395 of 5 stars
GBX 823.40
-1.7%
GBX 946.67
+15.0%
+16.3%£8.89B£14.85B4,333.68115,500
AUTO
Auto Trader Group
0.5026 of 5 stars
GBX 865.80
-1.0%
GBX 758
-12.5%
+36.4%£7.74B£570.90M3,092.141,066Dividend Cut
Positive News
PSON
Pearson
2.3408 of 5 stars
GBX 1,140
+2.0%
GBX 1,101.75
-3.4%
+19.7%£7.57B£3.55B2,280.0021,400
RMV
Rightmove
0.6882 of 5 stars
GBX 603.80
-1.8%
GBX 602.67
-0.2%
+28.4%£4.75B£376.98M2,415.20800
AAF
Airtel Africa
2.8452 of 5 stars
GBX 103
+1.3%
GBX 136.67
+32.7%
-12.2%£3.80B£4.78B-3,433.334,098Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
ZEG
Zegona Communications
N/AGBX 330
flat
GBX 450
+36.4%
N/A£2.32BN/A3,666.676
KWS
Keywords Studios
N/AGBX 2,446
flat
GBX 2,382.50
-2.6%
+87.9%£1.97B£807.60M-10,191.6713,000High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:ITV) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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