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

Should you be buying ITV stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ITV include STV Group (STVG), Aferian (AFRN), WPP (WPP), Pearson (PSON), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Rightmove (RMV), Airtel Africa (AAF), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Keywords Studios (KWS), and Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG). 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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.

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£183.50M0.52£6.90M£0.141,485.71
ITV£3.58B0.67£434M£0.11564.82

STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. 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 4 more articles in the media than ITV. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for STV Group and 0 mentions for ITV. STV Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat ITV's score of 0.00 indicating that STV Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
STV Group Very Positive
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 received 1209 more outperform votes than STV Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.53% of users gave STV Group an outperform vote while only 73.03% of users gave ITV an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
STV GroupOutperform Votes
375
76.53%
Underperform Votes
115
23.47%
ITVOutperform Votes
1584
73.03%
Underperform Votes
585
26.97%

ITV has a consensus price target of GBX 110, indicating a potential upside of 77.05%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
0.00
ITV
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

81.3% of STV Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of ITV shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of STV Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of ITV shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Summary

ITV beats STV Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ITV vs. The Competition

MetricITVBroadcasting IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.41B£512.97M£2.67B£1.38B
Dividend Yield6.47%5.81%6.94%11.73%
P/E Ratio564.82165.37312.021,551.40
Price / Sales0.6716.53127.12212,370.00
Price / Cash5.8511.1416.0732.93
Price / Book1.321.383.452.80
Net Income£434M£43.71M£108.81M£152.70M
7 Day Performance-1.46%0.05%-0.56%-0.43%
1 Month Performance-18.94%-4.54%-1.66%7.18%
1 Year Performance3.38%18.18%9.26%91.53%

ITV Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITV
ITV
2.5285 of 5 stars
GBX 62.13
-0.3%
GBX 110
+77.0%
+1.9%£2.41B£3.58B564.856,743High Trading Volume
STVG
STV Group
N/AGBX 209
-0.5%
N/A+12.3%£95.20M£183.50M1,500.00598Positive News
AFRN
Aferian
N/AGBX 3.17
-15.5%
N/A-65.9%£3.52M£36.65M-5.88169Gap Down
High Trading Volume
WPP
WPP
1.1774 of 5 stars
GBX 815.40
+0.7%
GBX 946.67
+16.1%
+14.2%£8.81B£14.85B4,268.00115,500High Trading Volume
PSON
Pearson
2.2636 of 5 stars
GBX 1,201
+0.8%
GBX 1,101.75
-8.3%
+24.7%£7.98B£3.55B2,384.0021,400News Coverage
AUTO
Auto Trader Group
0.4021 of 5 stars
GBX 809.20
+0.9%
GBX 796.33
-1.6%
+13.4%£7.24B£570.90M2,878.571,066High Trading Volume
RMV
Rightmove
0.8633 of 5 stars
GBX 601
+0.6%
GBX 644.33
+7.2%
+21.2%£4.72B£376.98M2,407.20800
AAF
Airtel Africa
3.231 of 5 stars
GBX 96.95
+2.1%
GBX 136.67
+41.0%
-16.0%£3.58B£4.78B-3,165.004,098High Trading Volume
ZEG
Zegona Communications
N/AGBX 326
+0.6%
GBX 450
+38.0%
+117.4%£2.30BN/A3,622.226High Trading Volume
KWS
Keywords Studios
N/AGBX 2,446
flat
GBX 2,382.50
-2.6%
+63.3%£1.97B£807.60M-10,191.6713,000High Trading Volume
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0.4813 of 5 stars
GBX 332.50
+2.0%
GBX 297
-10.7%
+54.5%£1.60B£72.09M6,544.16130High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:ITV) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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