ITV vs. STVG, AFRN, INF, WPP, AUTO, PSON, AAF, RMV, ZEG, and FOUR
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), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Pearson (PSON), Airtel Africa (AAF), Rightmove (RMV), Zegona Communications (ZEG), and 4imprint Group (FOUR). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
ITV (LON:ITV) and STV Group (LON:STVG) are both communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
ITV received 1205 more outperform votes than STV Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.00% of users gave STV Group an outperform vote while only 72.98% of users gave ITV an outperform vote.
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 beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STV Group has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ITV presently has a consensus price target of GBX 110, indicating a potential upside of 43.02%. Given ITV's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ITV is more favorable than STV Group.
ITV has a net margin of 5.80% compared to STV Group's net margin of 2.67%. ITV's return on equity of 11.28% beat STV Group's return on equity.
ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. ITV pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. STV Group pays out 12,222.2% 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 1 more articles in the media than ITV. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for STV Group and 1 mentions for ITV. STV Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat ITV's score of 0.00 indicating that STV Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
63.9% of ITV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.4% of ITV shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of STV Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ITV beats STV Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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