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STV Group (STVG) Competitors

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GBX 163 -3.50 (-2.10%)
As of 04/25/2025 11:57 AM Eastern

STVG vs. AFRN, ITV, TRMR, NFG, RCH, LBG, SAA, CCPA, SFOR, and TIG

Should you be buying STV Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STV Group include Aferian (AFRN), ITV (ITV), Tremor International (TRMR), Next 15 Group (NFG), Reach (RCH), LBG Media (LBG), M&C Saatchi (SAA), Celtic (CCPA), S4 Capital (SFOR), and Team Internet Group (TIG). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.

STV Group vs.

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

STV Group received 375 more outperform votes than Aferian when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AferianN/AN/A
STV GroupOutperform Votes
375
76.37%
Underperform Votes
116
23.63%

Aferian has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less 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.

Aferian pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 89.6%. STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Aferian pays out -6.4% 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. Aferian is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

66.6% of Aferian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of STV Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.7% of Aferian 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

STV Group has higher revenue and earnings than Aferian. Aferian 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
Aferian£46.34M0.10-£82.04M-£47.10-0.07
STV Group£182.00M0.42£6.84M£14.6511.13

STV Group has a net margin of 3.76% compared to Aferian's net margin of -177.04%. Aferian's return on equity of 0.00% beat STV Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aferian-177.04% N/A -9.55%
STV Group 3.76%-172.50%6.57%

In the previous week, STV Group had 3 more articles in the media than Aferian. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for STV Group and 0 mentions for Aferian. Aferian's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat STV Group's score of -0.01 indicating that Aferian is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aferian Neutral
STV Group Neutral

Summary

STV Group beats Aferian on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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STVG vs. The Competition

MetricSTV GroupBroadcasting IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£76.16M£639.62M£3.23B£2.55B
Dividend Yield5.74%5.78%6.77%4.83%
P/E Ratio11.137.8121.31132.21
Price / Sales0.4218.09186.31240,722.25
Price / Cash8.1111.1416.1628.18
Price / Book-8.261.734.524.51
Net Income£6.84M£39.04M£144.49M£5.84B
7 Day Performance0.62%4.45%2.45%8.58%
1 Month Performance1.12%5.04%-0.73%6.38%
1 Year Performance-28.19%7.25%7.32%103.27%

STV Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STVG
STV Group
N/AGBX 163
-2.1%
N/A-25.6%£76.16M£182.00M11.13598News Coverage
AFRN
Aferian
N/AGBX 3.69
+10.2%
N/A-56.5%£5.14M£46.34M-0.08169
ITV
ITV
3.5474 of 5 stars
GBX 78.80
+4.4%
GBX 112.50
+42.8%
+15.3%£3.04B£3.45B7.206,743Positive News
TRMR
Tremor International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£293.13M£343.77M-1,829.09167
NFG
Next 15 Group
3.1801 of 5 stars
GBX 234
+0.4%
GBX 660
+182.1%
-71.3%£236.16M£741.75M3.842,130News Coverage
RCH
Reach
N/AGBX 73.50
+0.8%
N/A+12.3%£231.93M£554.87M5.603,706
LBG
LBG Media
N/AGBX 98
+2.1%
GBX 170
+73.5%
+13.8%£206.83M£80.68M30.26446News Coverage
SAA
M&C Saatchi
N/AGBX 159
+0.3%
N/A-16.0%£196.53M£456.33M17.912,706Gap Up
CCPA
Celtic
N/AGBX 180.50
flat
N/A+40.5%£171.66M£125.13M12.80942
SFOR
S4 Capital
N/AGBX 26.40
-0.4%
N/A-47.1%£162.44M£840.50M2,640.007,700
TIG
Team Internet Group
N/AGBX 53.10
+0.2%
GBX 220
+314.3%
-60.9%£161.95M£986.80M7.05849

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This page (LON:STVG) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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