ITV (ITV) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate ITV or STVG?

ITV presently has a consensus price target of GBX 112.50, indicating a potential upside of 49.01%. 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
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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ITV or STVG?

ITV received 1212 more outperform votes than STV Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.37% of users gave STV Group an outperform vote while only 73.07% of users gave ITV an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ITV	Outperform Votes 1587 73.07%	Underperform Votes 585 26.93%
STV Group	Outperform Votes 375 76.37%	Underperform Votes 116 23.63%

Does the media prefer ITV or STVG?

In the previous week, ITV had 2 more articles in the media than STV Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ITV and 2 mentions for STV Group. ITV's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat STV Group's score of 0.92 indicating that ITV is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ITV	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
STV Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ITV or STVG a better dividend stock?

ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. 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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ITV or STVG?

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	0.84	£418.00M	£10.95	6.90
STV Group	£182.00M	0.42	£6.84M	£14.65	11.06

Which has more volatility and risk, ITV or STVG?

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

Summary

ITV beats STV Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.