Analyst Views: Are you impressed by ITV’s performance?
KEITH BOWMAN | HARGREAVES LANSDOWN
“In all, and underwritten by the track record of the chief executive, analyst opinion remains positive – buy – in tone. The transformation plan is clearly blossoming, cash generation and costs remain a core board focus, while investors are being rewarded by growing shareholder returns.
PAUL RICHARDS | NUMIS
“ITV is finding the right balance between commercial and creative. We continue to view our forecasts as conservative and have high confidence in the management team finding astutely priced content acquisitions and/or returning excess capital to shareholders.
RODDY DAVIDSON | WESTHOUSE SECURITIES
“We are pleased with the strong momentum evident in this morning’s results and upbeat outlook comments. We remain positive on ITV’s fundamentals including the increasing breadth of its content portfolio … and its unrivalled ability to deliver a large mass-market TV audience to advertisers