ITV vs. STVG, AFRN, INF, PSON, AAF, AUTO, WPP, ZEG, RMV, and BCG
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), WPP (WPP), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Rightmove (RMV), and Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
ITV vs.
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 analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
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.
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.
64.8% of ITV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of ITV shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of STV Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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 1.35 beat ITV's score of 0.00 indicating that STV Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ITV currently has a consensus price target of GBX 112.50, suggesting a potential upside of 43.86%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ITV is more favorable than STV Group.
ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. ITV pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 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.
Summary
ITV beats STV Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ITV) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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