ITV (ITV) Competitors

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

Is STVG or ITV more profitable?

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 Group	3.76%	-172.50%	6.57%
ITV	12.11%	23.62%	5.84%

Is STVG or ITV a better dividend stock?

STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. 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.

Do analysts prefer STVG or ITV?

ITV has a consensus price target of GBX 115, suggesting a potential upside of 45.06%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Does the media favor STVG or ITV?

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 0.00 equaled ITV'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
STV Group	Neutral
ITV	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in STVG or ITV?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STVG or ITV?

ITV received 1212 more outperform votes than STV Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.22% of users gave STV Group an outperform vote while only 73.07% of users gave ITV an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
STV Group	Outperform Votes 375 76.22%	Underperform Votes 117 23.78%
ITV	Outperform Votes 1587 73.07%	Underperform Votes 585 26.93%

Which has more volatility and risk, STVG or ITV?

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, STVG or ITV?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
STV Group	£182.00M	0.46	£6.84M	£14.65	12.29
ITV	£3.45B	0.89	£418.00M	£10.95	7.24

Summary

ITV beats STV Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.