ITV (ITV) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ITV is a producer, streamer and broadcaster, consisting of ITV Studios and Media & Entertainment (M&E). ITV Studios is a scaled global creator, owner and distributor of high-quality TV content, producing some of the most successful shows in the world. It operates in 13 countries, across 60+ labels and is diversified by genre, geography and customer in the key creative markets around the world. Media & Entertainment is the largest commercial streamer and broadcaster. Through M&E, we make brilliant British-focused content available on ITVX - our free, advertiser-funded streaming service - alongside our free-to-air linear TV channels.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 70.40 to 72
• 50-Day Range: 70.90 to 82.80
• 52-Week Range: 65.70 to 87.35
• Volume: 16.03 million shs
• Average Volume: 37.06 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.67 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.72
• Dividend Yield: 7.05%
• Price Target: GBX 83.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

ITV Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

ITV scored higher than 53% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

ITV has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

ITV has a consensus price target of GBX 83.50, representing about 16.9% upside from its current price of GBX 71.44.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

ITV has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of ITV is 11.71, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.57.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of ITV is 11.71, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 22.35.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for ITV, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

ITV has a P/B Ratio of 1.49. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for ITV.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

ITV is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 7.05%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

ITV does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of ITV is 81.97%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.40

News Sentiment

ITV has a news sentiment score of 1.40. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for ITV this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 4 people have searched for ITV on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, ITV insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.53% of the stock of ITV is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

54.46% of the stock of ITV is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/31/2026
• Today: 8/14/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Media
• Sub-Industry: Broadcasting
• Current Symbol: LON:ITV
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.itvplc.com
• Phone: +44-20-72613061
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 6,743
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for ITV: GBX 83.50
• High Price Target: GBX 85
• Low Price Target: GBX 82
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 6.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.72
• Forward P/E Ratio: 0.06
• P/E Growth: -0.53
• Net Income: £418.00 million
• Net Margins: 6.57%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 13.15%
• Return on Assets: 5.84%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 52.95
• Current Ratio: 1.18
• Quick Ratio: 0.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £3.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.76
• Cash Flow: GBX 12.22 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.85
• Book Value: GBX 47.90 per share
• Price / Book: 1.49

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,739,962,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.67 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.81