AFRN vs. ITV, STVG, OMIP, BBB, DNM, SEEN, DBOX, GVMH, AEO, and CINE
Should you be buying Aferian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aferian include ITV (ITV), STV Group (STVG), One Media iP Group (OMIP), Bigblu Broadband (BBB), Dianomi (DNM), SEEEN (SEEN), Digitalbox (DBOX), Grand Vision Media (GVMH), Aeorema Communications (AEO), and Cineworld Group (CINE). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Aferian vs. Its Competitors
ITV (LON:ITV) and Aferian (LON:AFRN) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
ITV has a net margin of 12.11% compared to Aferian's net margin of -177.04%. ITV's return on equity of 23.62% beat Aferian's return on equity.
62.6% of ITV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Aferian shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of ITV shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of Aferian shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ITV has higher revenue and earnings than Aferian. Aferian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITV, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ITV presently has a consensus price target of GBX 112, indicating a potential upside of 36.50%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ITV is more favorable than Aferian.
In the previous week, ITV's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Aferian'saverage media sentiment score.
ITV has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aferian has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ITV beats Aferian on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:AFRN) was last updated on 9/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
