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ITV (ITV) Competitors

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ITV vs. STVG, AFRN, ZEG, AAF, PSON, AUTO, RMV, WPP, KWS, and HTWS

Should you be buying ITV stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ITV include STV Group (STVG), Aferian (AFRN), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Airtel Africa (AAF), Pearson (PSON), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Rightmove (RMV), WPP (WPP), Keywords Studios (KWS), and Helios Towers (HTWS). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.

ITV vs. Its Competitors

ITV (LON:ITV) and STV Group (LON:STVG) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

62.6% of ITV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of ITV shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of STV Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
ITV12.11% 23.62% 5.84%
STV Group 3.76%-172.50%6.57%

ITV has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more 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.

ITV presently has a consensus target price of GBX 112, suggesting a potential upside of 63.44%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ITV is more favorable than STV Group.

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

ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. ITV pays out 1.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STV Group pays out 1.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. STV Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

ITV has higher revenue and earnings than STV Group. STV Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITV, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ITV£3.47B0.74£418.00M£4.9013.98
STV Group£187.60M0.28£6.84M£11.1010.27

In the previous week, STV Group had 1 more articles in the media than ITV. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for STV Group and 0 mentions for ITV. STV Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat ITV's score of 0.00 indicating that STV Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ITV Neutral
STV Group Positive

Summary

ITV beats STV Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ITV vs. The Competition

MetricITVBroadcasting IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.56B£687.38M£3.52B£2.59B
Dividend Yield6.72%6.11%6.71%5.38%
P/E Ratio13.988.8510.76414.66
Price / Sales0.7414.08142.9897,398.97
Price / Cash5.8511.1416.2327.90
Price / Book1.432.065.117.57
Net Income£418.00M£39.04M£77.77M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-7.71%-0.57%-0.26%-0.70%
1 Month Performance-12.93%-4.14%-2.10%0.65%
1 Year Performance-9.54%15.56%31.14%126.06%

ITV Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITV
ITV
3.0924 of 5 stars
GBX 68.53
+0.6%
GBX 112
+63.4%
-10.7%£2.56B£3.47B13.986,743High Trading Volume
STVG
STV Group
N/AGBX 113.75
-0.2%
N/A-54.5%£51.97M£187.60M10.25598
AFRN
Aferian
N/AGBX 1.70
-2.7%
N/A-28.0%£1.89M£30.77M-0.35169Gap Up
ZEG
Zegona Communications
1.7542 of 5 stars
GBX 1,266.80
-0.3%
GBX 1,466.67
+15.8%
+266.8%£9.62B£302.06M115.166
AAF
Airtel Africa
2.0884 of 5 stars
GBX 227.68
-1.0%
GBX 128
-43.8%
+96.1%£8.30B£5.21B24.754,098News Coverage
PSON
Pearson
3.3576 of 5 stars
GBX 1,109
+1.9%
GBX 1,295
+16.8%
+8.5%£7.11B£3.52B17.0121,400
AUTO
Auto Trader Group
1.1495 of 5 stars
GBX 796
+1.8%
GBX 840.33
+5.6%
-7.7%£6.91B£601.10M25.221,066Positive News
Dividend Cut
RMV
Rightmove
3.0208 of 5 stars
GBX 673.60
+1.2%
GBX 787.40
+16.9%
+8.4%£5.18B£409.50M25.91800
WPP
WPP
3.0148 of 5 stars
GBX 349.50
+0.5%
GBX 480
+37.3%
-52.6%£3.77B£14.18B10.10115,500
KWS
Keywords Studios
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.97B£807.60M-10,191.6713,000High Trading Volume
HTWS
Helios Towers
N/AGBX 143.94
-0.3%
GBX 210
+45.9%
+33.0%£1.55B£820.40M18.94725

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This page (LON:ITV) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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