Financial Review: ITV (OTC:ITVPY) vs. Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

ITV (OTC:ITVPY) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.

Risk & Volatility

ITV has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comcast has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares ITV and Comcast”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ITV	$4.50 billion	0.74	$261.22 million	N/A	N/A
Comcast	$123.73 billion	1.08	$16.19 billion	$4.15	8.55

Comcast has higher revenue and earnings than ITV.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

51.4% of ITV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Comcast shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of ITV shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Comcast shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares ITV and Comcast’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITV	N/A	N/A	N/A
Comcast	13.09%	19.98%	6.38%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for ITV and Comcast, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ITV	0	0	0	0	0.00
Comcast	0	9	9	2	2.65

Comcast has a consensus price target of $43.83, suggesting a potential upside of 23.45%. Given Comcast’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Comcast is more favorable than ITV.

Dividends

ITV pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Comcast pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Comcast pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Comcast has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years.

Summary

Comcast beats ITV on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ITV

ITV plc, an integrated production, broadcasting, and streaming company, which creates, owns, and distributes content on various platforms worldwide. It operates through ITV Studios and Media & Entertainment segments. The ITV Studios segment creates and produces programs and formats that include sports, drama, entertainment, factual, and news for its own channels and other broadcasters. The segment also operates as an unscripted independent producer of content in the United States; and produces content for local broadcasters and international OTT platforms in Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark. In addition, this segment engages in licensing its finished programmes, formats, and third-party content internationally, as well as finances productions. The Media & Entertainment segment broadcasts and streams various contents on its family of free-to-air TV channels; and offers television advertising services. The company also delivers content through linear television broadcasting, as well as on the ITV Hub, BritBox UK, ITVX, catch up services on pay platforms, and through direct content deals. In addition, this segment offers online advertising, HD digital channel on pay platform, and ITV Premium subscription services. The company was founded in 1955 is based in London, the United Kingdom.

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation operates as a media and technology company worldwide. It operates through Residential Connectivity & Platforms, Business Services Connectivity, Media, Studios, and Theme Parks segments. The Residential Connectivity & Platforms segment provides residential broadband and wireless connectivity services, residential and business video services, sky-branded entertainment television networks, and advertising. The Business Services Connectivity segment offers connectivity services for small business locations, which include broadband, wireline voice, and wireless services, as well as solutions for medium-sized customers and larger enterprises; and small business connectivity services in the United Kingdom. The Media segment operates NBCUniversal's television and streaming business, including national and regional cable networks; the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks and owned local broadcast television stations; and Peacock, a direct-to-consumer streaming services. It also operates international television networks comprising the Sky Sports networks, as well as other digital properties. The Studios segment operates NBCUniversal and Sky film and television studio production and distribution operations. The Theme Parks segment operates Universal theme parks in Orlando, Florida; Hollywood, California; Osaka, Japan; and Beijing, China. The company also offers a consolidated streaming platforms under the Philadelphia Flyers and the Wells Fargo Center arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Xumo. Comcast Corporation was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.