ITV vs. STVG, AFRN, INF, PSON, WPP, 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), Pearson (PSON), WPP (WPP), 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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
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.
ITV has a consensus target price of GBX 112.50, suggesting a potential upside of 56.90%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ITV is more favorable than STV Group.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of ITV shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. 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's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ITV'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
Summary
ITV beats STV Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ITV) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
