Spanish Broadcasting System (OTCMKTS:SBSAA) & ITV (OTCMKTS:ITVPY) Head to Head Survey

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

Volatility & Risk

Spanish Broadcasting System has a beta of 5.81, meaning that its share price is 481% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITV has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

51.4% of ITV shares are held by institutional investors. 48.3% of Spanish Broadcasting System shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of ITV shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Spanish Broadcasting System and ITV”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spanish Broadcasting System	$155.06 million	N/A	$1.66 million	($0.94)	-0.03
ITV	$4.63 billion	0.88	$290.11 million	N/A	N/A

ITV has higher revenue and earnings than Spanish Broadcasting System.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Spanish Broadcasting System and ITV, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spanish Broadcasting System	0	0	0	0	0.00
ITV	0	1	0	1	3.00

Profitability

This table compares Spanish Broadcasting System and ITV’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spanish Broadcasting System	-4.05%	N/A	-1.46%
ITV	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

ITV beats Spanish Broadcasting System on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Spanish Broadcasting System

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. operates as a Spanish-language media and entertainment company in the United States. It operates in two segments, Radio and Television. The company produces and distributes Spanish-language content, including radio programs, television shows, and music and live entertainment. It also owns and operates radio stations in the Los Angeles, New York, Puerto Rico, Chicago, Miami, Orlando, Tampa and San Francisco markets; AIRE radio networks with approximately affiliate radio stations; and television stations under the MegaTV brand, as well as has various MegaTV broadcasting outlets under affiliation or programming agreements. In addition, the company produces live concerts and events; and owns bilingual websites, including lamusica.com, Mega.tv, and various station websites that provide content related to Latin music, entertainment, news, and culture, as well as operates the LaMusica mobile app. Further, it offers Tropical, Regional Mexican, Spanish Adult Contemporary, Top 40, and Urbano format genres through its radio stations; and television programs range from televised radio-branded shows to general entertainment programs, such as music, celebrity, news, debate, interviews, and personality-based shows. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Miami, Florida.

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.