STV Group (STVG) Competitors

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STVG vs. AFRN, ITV, CCPA, SAA, and CCPC

Should you buy STV Group stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares STV Group with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with STV Group include Aferian (AFRN), ITV (ITV), Celtic (CCPA), M&C Saatchi (SAA), and Celtic (CCPC). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.

How does STV Group compare to Aferian?

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

STV Group has a beta of 0.137, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Aferian has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the broader market.

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 0.00 equaled Aferian'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
STV Group	Neutral
Aferian	Neutral

54.4% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Aferian shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of STV Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of Aferian shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

STV Group has higher revenue and earnings than Aferian. STV Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aferian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
STV Group	£176.90M	0.27	£6.84M	-£10.80	N/A
Aferian	£30.77M	0.02	-£82.04M	-£4.90	N/A

STV Group has a net margin of -2.83% compared to Aferian's net margin of -18.63%. STV Group's return on equity of 75.19% beat Aferian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STV Group	-2.83%	75.19%	6.57%
Aferian	-18.63%	-71.47%	-9.55%

Summary

STV Group beats Aferian on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does STV Group compare to ITV?

STV Group (LON:STVG) and ITV (LON:ITV) are both communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

ITV has a net margin of 7.28% compared to STV Group's net margin of -2.83%. STV Group's return on equity of 75.19% beat ITV's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STV Group	-2.83%	75.19%	6.57%
ITV	7.28%	11.42%	5.84%

ITV has higher revenue and earnings than STV Group. STV Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ITV, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
STV Group	£176.90M	0.27	£6.84M	-£10.80	N/A
ITV	£3.51B	0.87	£418.00M	£5.80	14.03

54.4% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of ITV shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of STV Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ITV 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.

ITV has a consensus target price of GBX 97.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.85%. Given ITV's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ITV is more favorable than STV Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
STV Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ITV	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. ITV pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. STV Group pays out -68.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ITV pays out 86.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. STV Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

STV Group has a beta of 0.137, suggesting that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, ITV has a beta of 0.824, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, STV Group and STV Group both had 1 articles in the media. ITV's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat STV Group's score of 0.00 indicating that ITV is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
STV Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ITV	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ITV beats STV Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does STV Group compare to Celtic?

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

STV Group has a beta of 0.137, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Celtic has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the broader market.

STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Celtic pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. STV Group pays out -68.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Celtic pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. STV Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Celtic has a net margin of 9.12% compared to STV Group's net margin of -2.83%. STV Group's return on equity of 75.19% beat Celtic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STV Group	-2.83%	75.19%	6.57%
Celtic	9.12%	6.79%	2.20%

Celtic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than STV Group. STV Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celtic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
STV Group	£176.90M	0.27	£6.84M	-£10.80	N/A
Celtic	£119.54M	1.59	£13.44M	£14.10	14.19

54.4% of STV Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Celtic shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of STV Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.8% of Celtic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, STV Group had 1 more articles in the media than Celtic. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for STV Group and 0 mentions for Celtic. STV Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Celtic'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
STV Group	Neutral
Celtic	Neutral

Summary

STV Group and Celtic tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does STV Group compare to M&C Saatchi?

STV Group (LON:STVG) and M&C Saatchi (LON:SAA) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

54.4% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.9% of M&C Saatchi shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of STV Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of M&C Saatchi shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

M&C Saatchi has higher revenue and earnings than STV Group. M&C Saatchi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STV Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
STV Group	£176.90M	0.27	£6.84M	-£10.80	N/A
M&C Saatchi	£347.40M	0.49	£11.09M	-£1.85	N/A

In the previous week, M&C Saatchi had 1 more articles in the media than STV Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for M&C Saatchi and 1 mentions for STV Group. M&C Saatchi's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat STV Group's score of 0.00 indicating that M&C Saatchi is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
STV Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
M&C Saatchi	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

STV Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. M&C Saatchi pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. STV Group pays out -68.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&C Saatchi pays out -105.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

STV Group has a beta of 0.137, suggesting that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, M&C Saatchi has a beta of 0.471, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the broader market.

M&C Saatchi has a consensus target price of GBX 162.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.46%. Given M&C Saatchi's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe M&C Saatchi is more favorable than STV Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
STV Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
M&C Saatchi	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

M&C Saatchi has a net margin of -0.64% compared to STV Group's net margin of -2.83%. STV Group's return on equity of 75.19% beat M&C Saatchi's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STV Group	-2.83%	75.19%	6.57%
M&C Saatchi	-0.64%	-6.04%	10.04%

Summary

M&C Saatchi beats STV Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does STV Group compare to Celtic?

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

STV Group has a beta of 0.137, meaning that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Celtic has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the broader market.

54.4% of STV Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of STV Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 87.9% of Celtic 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.

Celtic has a net margin of 9.12% compared to STV Group's net margin of -2.83%. STV Group's return on equity of 75.19% beat Celtic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STV Group	-2.83%	75.19%	6.57%
Celtic	9.12%	6.79%	2.20%

STV Group has higher revenue and earnings than Celtic. STV Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celtic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
STV Group	£176.90M	0.27	£6.84M	-£10.80	N/A
Celtic	£119.54M	1.44	£5.82M	£29.04	13.57

Company	Overall Sentiment
STV Group	Neutral
Celtic	Neutral

Summary

STV Group and Celtic tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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STVG vs. The Competition

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Metric	STV Group	Broadcasting Industry	Communication Sector	LON Exchange
Market Cap	£46.65M	£786.82M	£3.46B	£3.04B
Dividend Yield	10.87%	5.95%	6.73%	6.10%
P/E Ratio	-9.54	11.05	14.37	365.89
Price / Sales	0.27	15.18	116.83	87,843.39
Price / Cash	8.11	11.14	15.99	27.89
Price / Book	-5.22	2.83	5.15	7.69
Net Income	£6.84M	£39.04M	£125.80M	£5.89B
7 Day Performance	2.49%	2.99%	0.57%	8.05%
1 Month Performance	3.00%	-1.33%	4.60%	2.82%
1 Year Performance	-37.20%	12.82%	6.76%	77.61%

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
STVG STV Group	N/A	GBX 103 +1.1%	N/A	-36.4%	£46.65M	£176.90M	N/A	598	News Coverage Gap Down
AFRN Aferian	N/A	GBX 0.55 flat	N/A	N/A	£612K	£30.77M	N/A	169
ITV ITV	3.1513 of 5 stars	GBX 77.05 -4.2%	GBX 97.50 +26.5%	+3.6%	£2.88B	£3.51B	13.28	6,743	News Coverage High Trading Volume
CCPA Celtic	N/A	GBX 190 flat	N/A	N/A	£180.69M	£119.54M	13.48	942	Gap Up
SAA M&C Saatchi	1.5513 of 5 stars	GBX 141 +1.8%	GBX 162.25 +15.1%	-14.4%	£169.18M	£347.40M	N/A	2,706

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Do institutionals & insiders believe in STVG or AFRN?

Which has better earnings & valuation, STVG or AFRN?

Is STVG or AFRN more profitable?

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Is STVG or ITV more profitable?

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, STVG or ITV?

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of STVG or ITV?

Do analysts recommend STVG or ITV?

Is STVG or ITV a better dividend stock?

Which has more volatility & risk, STVG or ITV?

Does the media refer more to STVG or ITV?

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How does STV Group compare to Celtic?

Which has more volatility and risk, STVG or CCPA?

Is STVG or CCPA a better dividend stock?

Is STVG or CCPA more profitable?

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, STVG or CCPA?

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of STVG or CCPA?

Does the media refer more to STVG or CCPA?

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How does STV Group compare to M&C Saatchi?

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in STVG or SAA?

Which has better valuation & earnings, STVG or SAA?

Does the media refer more to STVG or SAA?

Is STVG or SAA a better dividend stock?

Which has more risk & volatility, STVG or SAA?

Do analysts prefer STVG or SAA?

Is STVG or SAA more profitable?

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How does STV Group compare to Celtic?

Which has more volatility & risk, STVG or CCPC?

Do insiders and institutionals believe in STVG or CCPC?

Is STVG or CCPC more profitable?

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, STVG or CCPC?

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