STVG vs. AFRN, ITV, TIG, TM17, NEXN, CNIC, CCPC, RCH, SFOR, and TRMR
Should you be buying STV Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STV Group include Aferian (AFRN), ITV (ITV), Team Internet Group (TIG), Team17 Group (TM17), Nexxen International (NEXN), CentralNic Group (CNIC), Celtic (CCPC), Reach (RCH), S4 Capital (SFOR), and Tremor International (TRMR). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Aferian (LON:AFRN) and STV Group (LON:STVG) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Aferian pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 66.7%. STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Aferian pays out -1,304.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Aferian is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Aferian has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STV Group has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its share price is 94% 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.
70.0% of Aferian shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.9% of Aferian shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of STV Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
STV Group received 375 more outperform votes than Aferian when rated by MarketBeat users.
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. Aferian's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat STV Group's score of 0.00 indicating that STV Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
STV Group has a net margin of 2.67% compared to STV Group's net margin of -35.23%. Aferian's return on equity of 0.00% beat STV Group's return on equity.
Summary
STV Group beats Aferian on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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