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GBX 81.50 +1.40 (+1.75%)
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ITV vs. STVG, AFRN, INF, PSON, AAF, AUTO, RMV, WPP, 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), Airtel Africa (AAF), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Rightmove (RMV), WPP (WPP), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of ITV shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. 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. ITV pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

ITV has a consensus target price of GBX 112.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.36%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ITV is more favorable than STV Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
STV Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
ITV
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, STV Group had 2 more articles in the media than ITV. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for STV Group and 0 mentions for ITV. STV Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat ITV's score of 0.00 indicating that STV Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
STV Group Neutral
ITV Neutral

ITV has a net margin of 12.11% compared to STV Group's net margin of 3.76%. ITV's return on equity of 23.62% beat STV Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
STV Group3.76% -172.50% 6.57%
ITV 12.11%23.62%5.84%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
STV Group£182.00M0.41£6.84M£14.6510.96
ITV£3.45B0.91£418.00M£10.957.48

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.

ITV received 1212 more outperform votes than STV Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.37% of users gave STV Group an outperform vote while only 73.07% of users gave ITV an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
STV GroupOutperform Votes
375
76.37%
Underperform Votes
116
23.63%
ITVOutperform Votes
1587
73.07%
Underperform Votes
585
26.93%

Summary

ITV beats STV Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ITV vs. The Competition

MetricITVBroadcasting IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.16B£638.06M£3.29B£2.57B
Dividend Yield6.65%5.77%6.76%4.84%
P/E Ratio7.487.7621.51133.68
Price / Sales0.9117.88186.77240,234.95
Price / Cash5.8511.1416.0228.19
Price / Book1.711.724.494.55
Net Income£418.00M£39.04M£143.11M£5.86B
7 Day Performance1.36%0.10%-0.07%2.76%
1 Month Performance4.17%2.62%-0.36%8.94%
1 Year Performance16.67%5.80%6.90%114.04%

ITV Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITV
ITV
3.6052 of 5 stars
GBX 81.50
+1.7%
GBX 112.50
+38.0%
+13.9%£3.14B£3.45B7.456,743
STVG
STV Group
N/AGBX 162
-6.1%
N/A-32.2%£75.69M£182.00M11.06598Positive News
Gap Down
AFRN
Aferian
N/AGBX 3.10
flat
N/A-49.9%£4.31M£46.34M-0.07169Gap Up
High Trading Volume
INF
Informa
3.8279 of 5 stars
GBX 691.20
0.0%
GBX 1,010
+46.1%
-8.5%£9.10B£3.28B29.7611,135Gap Up
PSON
Pearson
2.3779 of 5 stars
GBX 1,170
0.0%
GBX 1,224
+4.6%
+22.8%£7.90B£3.52B22.6821,400
AAF
Airtel Africa
1.3942 of 5 stars
GBX 163.80
flat
GBX 141.50
-13.6%
+54.3%£7.51B£5.83B-96.354,098News Coverage
AUTO
Auto Trader Group
0.7649 of 5 stars
GBX 798.40
+1.0%
GBX 864.25
+8.2%
+20.0%£7.05B£553.06M28.291,066Dividend Cut
RMV
Rightmove
0.8987 of 5 stars
GBX 743
+0.7%
GBX 669.33
-9.9%
+43.3%£5.79B£368.22M29.80800
WPP
WPP
2.0251 of 5 stars
GBX 536.80
-1.5%
GBX 955
+77.9%
-28.7%£5.79B£14.89B28.36115,500
ZEG
Zegona Communications
0.6224 of 5 stars
GBX 606
-1.6%
GBX 637.50
+5.2%
+193.9%£5.62BN/A-50.256
KWS
Keywords Studios
N/AN/AGBX 2,382.50
+∞
N/A£1.97B£807.60M-10,191.6713,000High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:ITV) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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