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STV Group (STVG) Competitors

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GBX 178.50 +4.00 (+2.29%)
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STVG vs. AFRN, ITV, NFG, TRMR, SAA, RCH, LBG, TIG, CCPA, and CCPC

Should you be buying STV Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STV Group include Aferian (AFRN), ITV (ITV), Next 15 Group (NFG), Tremor International (TRMR), M&C Saatchi (SAA), Reach (RCH), LBG Media (LBG), Team Internet Group (TIG), Celtic (CCPA), and Celtic (CCPC). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

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
Aferian£46.34M0.12-£82.04M-£47.10-0.09
STV Group£182.00M0.46£6.84M£14.6512.19

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

66.6% of Aferian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of STV Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.7% of Aferian shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of STV Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aferian-177.04% N/A -9.55%
STV Group 3.76%-172.50%6.57%

Aferian pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 73.4%. STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Aferian pays out -6.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STV Group pays out 75.1% 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.

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 news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Aferian Neutral
STV Group Positive

Summary

STV Group beats Aferian on 10 of the 15 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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STVG vs. The Competition

MetricSTV GroupBroadcasting IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£83.40M£691.31M£3.40B£2.94B
Dividend Yield5.74%5.95%6.84%5.02%
P/E Ratio12.197.8221.39137.44
Price / Sales0.4619.15117.35217,546.96
Price / Cash8.1111.1416.6527.99
Price / Book-9.042.044.334.64
Net Income£6.84M£39.04M£147.76M£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.59%2.67%1.01%0.78%
1 Month Performance0.85%7.63%5.70%4.94%
1 Year Performance-33.15%15.17%17.65%32.58%

STV Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STVG
STV Group
N/AGBX 178.50
+2.3%
N/A-34.4%£83.40M£182.00M12.19598Gap Up
AFRN
Aferian
N/AGBX 4.20
-2.3%
N/A-18.2%£5.85M£46.34M-0.09169Gap Down
ITV
ITV
3.917 of 5 stars
GBX 79.75
-1.7%
GBX 115
+44.2%
+2.4%£3.08B£3.45B7.296,743Gap Down
NFG
Next 15 Group
3.4467 of 5 stars
GBX 295
+2.3%
GBX 660
+123.7%
-69.8%£297.73M£741.75M4.852,130Positive News
TRMR
Tremor International
N/AN/AN/AN/A£293.13M£343.77M-1,829.09167
SAA
M&C Saatchi
N/AGBX 196
flat
N/A-0.8%£242.26M£456.33M22.082,706
RCH
Reach
N/AGBX 71.20
-0.4%
N/A-25.5%£224.67M£554.87M5.423,706
LBG
LBG Media
1.8439 of 5 stars
GBX 102.50
+2.9%
GBX 170
+65.9%
-2.8%£216.33M£80.68M31.65446Positive News
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TIG
Team Internet Group
3.0866 of 5 stars
GBX 61.10
-2.6%
GBX 220
+260.1%
N/A£186.35M£986.80M8.11849News Coverage
CCPA
Celtic
N/AGBX 180
flat
N/A+12.2%£171.18M£125.13M12.77942
CCPC
Celtic
N/AGBX 371
flat
N/AN/A£161.75M£33.86M12.78942

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