STVG vs. AFRN, ITV, CCPA, SAA, FDEV, CCP, CCPC, TIG, SNWS, 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), Celtic (CCPA), M&C Saatchi (SAA), Frontier Developments (FDEV), Celtic (CCP), Celtic (CCPC), Team Internet Group (TIG), Smiths News (SNWS), and S4 Capital (SFOR). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
STV Group vs. Its Competitors
Aferian (LON:AFRN) and STV Group (LON:STVG) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Aferian's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled STV Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Aferian has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STV Group has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
21.7% of Aferian shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.9% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. 28.7% of Aferian shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of STV Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Summary
STV Group beats Aferian on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:STVG) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
