STVG vs. DEVO, PEBB, CCPA, CCP, SNWS, FDEV, CAU, LBG, SYS1, and EBQ
Should you be buying STV Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STV Group include Devolver Digital (DEVO), The Pebble Group (PEBB), Celtic (CCPA), Celtic (CCP), Smiths News (SNWS), Frontier Developments (FDEV), Centaur Media (CAU), LBG Media (LBG), System1 Group (SYS1), and Ebiquity (EBQ). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
STV Group (LON:STVG) and Devolver Digital (LON:DEVO) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
STV Group has a net margin of 2.67% compared to Devolver Digital's net margin of -13.80%. STV Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Devolver Digital's return on equity.
STV Group received 373 more outperform votes than Devolver Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.00% of users gave STV Group an outperform vote while only 12.50% of users gave Devolver Digital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Devolver Digital had 2 more articles in the media than STV Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Devolver Digital and 0 mentions for STV Group. Devolver Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat STV Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Devolver Digital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
80.2% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of Devolver Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of STV Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Devolver Digital shares are held by company 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 Devolver Digital. Devolver Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STV Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
STV Group has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its stock price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Devolver Digital has a beta of -0.32, indicating that its stock price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Devolver Digital has a consensus target price of GBX 31, indicating a potential upside of 34.78%. Given Devolver Digital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Devolver Digital is more favorable than STV Group.
Summary
STV Group beats Devolver Digital on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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