ITV (ITV) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ITV or STVG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ITV	£3.45B	0.91	£418.00M	£10.95	7.48
STV Group	£182.00M	0.51	£6.84M	£14.65	13.48

Is ITV or STVG a better dividend stock?

ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. ITV pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STV Group pays out 75.1% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer ITV or STVG?

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 0.30 beat ITV's score of 0.00 indicating that STV Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ITV	Neutral
STV Group	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ITV or STVG?

64.8% of ITV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of ITV shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of STV Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, ITV or STVG?

ITV has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STV Group has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ITV or STVG more profitable?

ITV has a net margin of 12.11% compared to STV Group's net margin of 3.76%. ITV's return on equity of 23.62% beat STV Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITV	12.11%	23.62%	5.84%
STV Group	3.76%	-172.50%	6.57%

Do analysts prefer ITV or STVG?

ITV currently has a consensus target price of GBX 115, suggesting a potential upside of 40.50%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ITV is more favorable than STV Group.

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
STV Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

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