ITV vs. FOUR, ZEG, AAF, RMV, ASCL, GAMA, MONY, BCG, HTWS, and YOU
Should you be buying ITV stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ITV include 4imprint Group (FOUR), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Airtel Africa (AAF), Rightmove (RMV), Ascential (ASCL), Gamma Communications (GAMA), Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Helios Towers (HTWS), and YouGov (YOU). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
ITV (LON:ITV) and 4imprint Group (LON:FOUR) are both communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
ITV has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 4imprint Group has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, 4imprint Group had 1 more articles in the media than ITV. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for 4imprint Group and 0 mentions for ITV. ITV's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat 4imprint Group's score of 0.00 indicating that ITV is being referred to more favorably in the media.
4imprint Group has a net margin of 8.01% compared to ITV's net margin of 5.80%. 4imprint Group's return on equity of 77.32% beat ITV's return on equity.
ITV currently has a consensus price target of GBX 110, indicating a potential upside of 55.48%. 4imprint Group has a consensus price target of GBX 7,365, indicating a potential upside of 14.36%. Given ITV's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ITV is more favorable than 4imprint Group.
63.9% of ITV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of ITV shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of 4imprint Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ITV received 1265 more outperform votes than 4imprint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.98% of users gave ITV an outperform vote while only 72.75% of users gave 4imprint Group an outperform vote.
ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. 4imprint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 168 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. ITV pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 4imprint Group pays out 5,618.7% 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 higher revenue and earnings than 4imprint Group. ITV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 4imprint Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ITV beats 4imprint Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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