ITV vs. STVG, AFRN, INF, AUTO, WPP, PSON, RMV, AAF, ZEG, and KWS
Should you be buying ITV stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ITV include STV Group (STVG), Aferian (AFRN), Informa (INF), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), WPP (WPP), Pearson (PSON), Rightmove (RMV), Airtel Africa (AAF), Zegona Communications (ZEG), and Keywords Studios (KWS). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
ITV (LON:ITV) and STV Group (LON:STVG) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
ITV received 1208 more outperform votes than STV Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.53% of users gave STV Group an outperform vote while only 73.02% of users gave ITV an outperform vote.
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.
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 4.2%. ITV pays out 4,545.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. STV Group pays out 12,222.2% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
66.1% of ITV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of STV Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of ITV shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of STV Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ITV has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STV Group has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ITV currently has a consensus price target of GBX 110, indicating a potential upside of 39.86%. Given ITV's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ITV is more favorable than STV Group.
ITV has a net margin of 12.11% compared to STV Group's net margin of 2.67%. ITV's return on equity of 23.16% beat STV Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, STV Group had 7 more articles in the media than ITV. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for STV Group and 1 mentions for ITV. ITV's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat STV Group's score of 0.08 indicating that ITV is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ITV beats STV Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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