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STV Group (STVG) Competitors

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GBX 107 -4.00 (-3.60%)
As of 09/19/2025 11:54 AM Eastern

STVG vs. AFRN, ITV, LBG, RCH, SAA, CCPA, CCPC, CCP, TIG, and SFOR

Should you be buying STV Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STV Group include Aferian (AFRN), ITV (ITV), LBG Media (LBG), Reach (RCH), M&C Saatchi (SAA), Celtic (CCPA), Celtic (CCPC), Celtic (CCP), Team Internet Group (TIG), and S4 Capital (SFOR). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.

STV Group vs. Its Competitors

STV Group (LON:STVG) and Aferian (LON:AFRN) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.

67.9% of STV Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Aferian shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of STV Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of Aferian shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

STV Group has higher revenue and earnings than Aferian. Aferian 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£188M0.26£6.84M£0.23457.26
Aferian£30.77M0.09-£82.04M-£0.05-48.57

STV Group has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aferian has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

STV Group has a net margin of 3.76% compared to Aferian's net margin of -177.04%. Aferian's return on equity of 0.00% beat STV Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
STV Group3.76% -172.50% 6.57%
Aferian -177.04%N/A -9.55%

In the previous week, STV Group had 1 more articles in the media than Aferian. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for STV Group and 0 mentions for Aferian. STV Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Aferian's score of 0.00 indicating that STV Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
STV Group Positive
Aferian Neutral

Summary

STV Group beats Aferian on 10 of the 13 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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STVG vs. The Competition

MetricSTV GroupBroadcasting IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£52.09M£727.92M£3.49B£2.55B
Dividend Yield9.91%6.09%6.69%5.31%
P/E Ratio457.26137.96360.635,395.39
Price / Sales0.2615.55145.6797,580.94
Price / Cash8.1111.1416.2327.93
Price / Book-5.421.975.139.20
Net Income£6.84M£39.04M£77.77M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-6.96%-0.41%0.35%0.69%
1 Month Performance-15.75%1.21%1.19%3.41%
1 Year Performance-58.37%21.32%31.06%195.43%

STV Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STVG
STV Group
N/AGBX 107
-3.6%
N/A-58.5%£52.09M£188M457.26598News Coverage
Gap Up
AFRN
Aferian
N/AGBX 2.19
-2.7%
N/A-4.8%£2.44M£30.77M-44.69169Gap Up
ITV
ITV
2.7713 of 5 stars
GBX 82
+1.7%
GBX 112
+36.6%
-3.2%£3.06B£3.47B1,673.476,743
LBG
LBG Media
N/AGBX 100.71
+1.2%
GBX 170
+68.8%
-28.4%£210.56M£82.54M2,650.26446
RCH
Reach
N/AGBX 65.29
-1.5%
N/A-36.7%£206.04M£529.60M421.193,706
SAA
M&C Saatchi
2.4086 of 5 stars
GBX 162
-0.6%
N/A-21.8%£196.36M£395.42M1,368.242,706Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CCPA
Celtic
N/AGBX 183.50
-0.3%
N/A-2.4%£174.51M£122.82M13.02942High Trading Volume
CCPC
Celtic
N/AGBX 381
flat
N/AN/A£166.11M£122.82M13.12942
CCP
Celtic
2.413 of 5 stars
GBX 171.20
-2.2%
GBX 205
+19.7%
-4.0%£162.57M£122.82M968.87465News Coverage
Earnings Report
TIG
Team Internet Group
2.5128 of 5 stars
GBX 60.64
+6.4%
GBX 100
+64.9%
-52.3%£151.68M£836.90M702.67849News Coverage
SFOR
S4 Capital
2.6181 of 5 stars
GBX 23.15
+1.3%
GBX 45
+94.4%
-55.3%£146.43M£848.20M-50.667,700Earnings Report

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This page (LON:STVG) was last updated on 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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