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ITV (ITV) Competitors

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GBX 72.70 +0.95 (+1.32%)
(As of 12/20/2024 11:56 AM ET)

ITV vs. STVG, AFRN, INF, WPP, PSON, AUTO, 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), Pearson (PSON), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), 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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

STV Group has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its stock price is 91% 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.

STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. 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.

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%

ITV received 1211 more outperform votes than STV Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.53% of users gave STV Group an outperform vote while only 73.05% of users gave ITV an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
STV GroupOutperform Votes
375
76.53%
Underperform Votes
115
23.47%
ITVOutperform Votes
1586
73.05%
Underperform Votes
585
26.95%

ITV has a consensus target price of GBX 112.50, suggesting a potential upside of 54.75%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)
0.00
ITV
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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£183.50M0.55£6.90M£0.141,571.43
ITV£3.58B0.79£434M£0.11660.91

In the previous week, STV Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ITV'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
STV Group Neutral
ITV Neutral

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

Summary

ITV beats STV Group on 13 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£2.82B£567.83M£3.01B£1.88B
Dividend Yield6.47%5.86%6.68%5.54%
P/E Ratio660.91177.47296.571,810.29
Price / Sales0.7918.38129.91382,807.21
Price / Cash5.8511.1415.9628.42
Price / Book1.551.373.962.91
Net Income£434M£43.71M£135.47M£156.83M
7 Day Performance-2.23%-2.14%-1.75%-1.92%
1 Month Performance17.01%-0.74%3.37%17.93%
1 Year Performance13.66%9.17%10.19%29.50%

ITV Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITV
ITV
2.3918 of 5 stars
GBX 72.70
+1.3%
GBX 112.50
+54.7%
+12.0%£2.82B£3.58B660.916,743High Trading Volume
STVG
STV Group
N/AGBX 223
+0.1%
N/A+14.6%£101.58M£183.50M1,600.00598
AFRN
Aferian
N/AGBX 3.55
-2.4%
N/A-63.5%£3.95M£36.65M-6.96169Gap Down
INF
Informa
2.9815 of 5 stars
GBX 830.83
-0.4%
GBX 966
+16.3%
+2.9%£10.97B£3.36B3,628.3111,135News Coverage
WPP
WPP
1.5214 of 5 stars
GBX 886.06
-0.8%
GBX 996.67
+12.5%
+9.8%£9.57B£14.85B4,703.16115,500
PSON
Pearson
2.5947 of 5 stars
GBX 1,274.50
-0.6%
GBX 1,146.75
-10.0%
+33.5%£8.46B£3.55B2,549.0021,400
AUTO
Auto Trader Group
0.2827 of 5 stars
GBX 815
-0.5%
GBX 837
+2.7%
+9.6%£7.29B£570.90M2,910.711,066
RMV
Rightmove
0.6569 of 5 stars
GBX 676.60
-0.3%
GBX 629
-7.0%
+16.4%£5.32B£376.98M2,706.40800News Coverage
AAF
Airtel Africa
3.8342 of 5 stars
GBX 105.30
-1.7%
GBX 144.33
+37.1%
-18.9%£3.89B£4.78B-3,570.004,098News Coverage
ZEG
Zegona Communications
2.9973 of 5 stars
GBX 320.60
+0.2%
GBX 450
+40.4%
+82.9%£2.26BN/A3,577.786Positive News
Gap Up
KWS
Keywords Studios
0.9065 of 5 stars
GBX 2,446
flat
GBX 2,382.50
-2.6%
+55.1%£1.97B£807.60M-10,191.6713,000High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:ITV) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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