Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI) Competitors

Beasley Broadcast Group (NASDAQ:BBGI) and Salem Media Group (NASDAQ:SALM) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Is BBGI or SALM a better dividend stock?

Beasley Broadcast Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Salem Media Group pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.7%. Beasley Broadcast Group pays out -5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Salem Media Group pays out 17.2% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BBGI or SALM?

21.7% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of Salem Media Group shares are held by institutional investors. 56.2% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Salem Media Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, BBGI or SALM?

Beasley Broadcast Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salem Media Group has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BBGI or SALM more profitable?

Beasley Broadcast Group has a net margin of 1.07% compared to Salem Media Group's net margin of -3.80%. Beasley Broadcast Group's return on equity of -5.12% beat Salem Media Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beasley Broadcast Group	1.07%	-5.12%	-1.33%
Salem Media Group	-3.80%	-5.79%	-1.62%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BBGI or SALM?

Salem Media Group received 33 more outperform votes than Beasley Broadcast Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.94% of users gave Salem Media Group an outperform vote while only 43.62% of users gave Beasley Broadcast Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Beasley Broadcast Group	Outperform Votes 205 43.62%	Underperform Votes 265 56.38%
Salem Media Group	Outperform Votes 238 46.94%	Underperform Votes 269 53.06%

Which has better earnings and valuation, BBGI or SALM?

Salem Media Group has higher revenue and earnings than Beasley Broadcast Group. Beasley Broadcast Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Salem Media 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
Beasley Broadcast Group	$238.75M	0.04	-$75.12M	-$3.70	-1.63
Salem Media Group	$261.57M	0.05	-$43.31M	$0.58	0.79

Does the media favor BBGI or SALM?

In the previous week, Beasley Broadcast Group had 7 more articles in the media than Salem Media Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Beasley Broadcast Group and 2 mentions for Salem Media Group. Salem Media Group's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Beasley Broadcast Group's score of 0.02 indicating that Salem Media Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Beasley Broadcast Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Salem Media Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Beasley Broadcast Group beats Salem Media Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.