Head to Head Comparison: FOX (NASDAQ:FOX) & ITV (OTCMKTS:ITVPY)

ITV (OTCMKTS:ITVPY) and FOX (NASDAQ:FOX) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for ITV and FOX, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ITV	1	3	0	0	1.75
FOX	0	2	0	0	2.00

Volatility and Risk

ITV has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FOX has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

ITV pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. FOX pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FOX has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

51.4% of ITV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of FOX shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of ITV shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of FOX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ITV	$4.46 billion	0.93	$521.38 million	N/A	N/A
FOX	$16.30 billion	1.44	$2.26 billion	$4.91	10.75

FOX has higher revenue and earnings than ITV.

Profitability

This table compares ITV and FOX’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
FOX	13.88%	18.86%	9.56%

Summary

FOX beats ITV on 9 of the 13 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 FOX

Fox Corporation operates as a news, sports, and entertainment company in the United States (U.S.). The company operates through four segments: Cable Network Programming, Television, Credible, and The FOX Studio Lot. The Cable Network Programming segment produces and licenses news and sports content for distribution through traditional cable television systems, direct broadcast satellite operators and telecommunication companies, virtual multi-channel video programming distributors, and other digital platforms primarily in the U.S. Television segment produces, acquires, markets, and distributes programming through the FOX broadcast network, advertising supported video-on-demand service Tubi, and operates power broadcast television stations including duopolies and other digital platform; and produces content for third parties. The Credible segment engages in the consumer finance marketplace. The FOX Studio Lot segment provides television and film production services along with office space, studio operation services and includes all operations of the facility. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, New York.