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ITV (ITV) Competitors

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GBX 83.80 +0.90 (+1.09%)
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ITV vs. STVG, AFRN, INF, AAF, AUTO, PSON, ZEG, RMV, WPP, 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), Airtel Africa (AAF), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Pearson (PSON), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Rightmove (RMV), WPP (WPP), and Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.

ITV vs. Its Competitors

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

ITV has a consensus price target of GBX 115, indicating a potential upside of 37.23%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

STV Group has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITV has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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£182.00M0.48£6.84M£14.6512.70
ITV£3.45B0.94£418.00M£10.957.66

STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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%

81.3% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of ITV shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of STV Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of ITV shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 0.59 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 Positive
ITV Neutral

Summary

ITV beats STV Group on 12 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£3.23B£700.40M£3.42B£2.96B
Dividend Yield6.65%5.95%6.84%5.02%
P/E Ratio7.667.9221.72146.56
Price / Sales0.9419.39114.36240,165.07
Price / Cash5.8511.1416.6527.97
Price / Book1.752.084.375.31
Net Income£418.00M£39.04M£147.76M£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.50%13.61%3.13%1.12%
1 Month Performance8.83%14.91%7.03%5.65%
1 Year Performance0.90%21.36%18.17%82.18%

ITV Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITV
ITV
3.9819 of 5 stars
GBX 83.80
+1.1%
GBX 115
+37.2%
+3.0%£3.23B£3.45B7.666,743
STVG
STV Group
N/AGBX 174
-0.3%
N/A-30.6%£81.30M£182.00M11.88598News Coverage
AFRN
Aferian
N/AGBX 4.12
-4.2%
N/A-33.0%£5.73M£46.34M-0.09169Gap Down
INF
Informa
2.7938 of 5 stars
GBX 809.40
+3.1%
GBX 970
+19.8%
-3.0%£10.65B£3.28B34.8511,135
AAF
Airtel Africa
1.3746 of 5 stars
GBX 175.20
+2.0%
GBX 141.50
-19.2%
+52.3%£8.03B£5.83B-103.064,098
AUTO
Auto Trader Group
0.6253 of 5 stars
GBX 815.60
+0.4%
GBX 864.25
+6.0%
+1.0%£7.20B£553.06M28.901,066News Coverage
Dividend Cut
Analyst Forecast
PSON
Pearson
4.2177 of 5 stars
GBX 1,061.50
+0.1%
GBX 1,224
+15.3%
+10.8%£7.17B£3.52B20.5721,400News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
ZEG
Zegona Communications
1.3057 of 5 stars
GBX 738
+0.8%
GBX 825
+11.8%
+167.7%£6.84BN/A-61.196News Coverage
RMV
Rightmove
1.3891 of 5 stars
GBX 781.40
+0.8%
GBX 762.50
-2.4%
+42.9%£6.09B£368.22M31.34800
WPP
WPP
2.4523 of 5 stars
GBX 532.50
+1.9%
GBX 955
+79.3%
-26.1%£5.74B£14.89B28.13115,500
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0.6597 of 5 stars
GBX 363.04
+0.3%
GBX 297
-18.2%
+49.2%£2.08B£92.71M54.42130News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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This page (LON:ITV) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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