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BuzzFeed (BZFD) Competitors

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$3.08 -0.12 (-3.75%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

BZFD vs. WOW, GTN, SPIR, IHRT, CRGE, SSP, TSQ, CXDO, AREN, and UONE

Should you be buying BuzzFeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BuzzFeed include WideOpenWest (WOW), Gray Television (GTN), Spire Global (SPIR), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Crexendo (CXDO), The Arena Group (AREN), and Urban One (UONE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

BuzzFeed vs.

BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) and WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) 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 earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.

BuzzFeed has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BuzzFeed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BuzzFeed$231.67M0.51-$88.58M-$1.45-2.12
WideOpenWest$647.10M0.64-$287.70M-$1.12-4.37

WideOpenWest has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 53.37%. Given WideOpenWest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than BuzzFeed.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BuzzFeed
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
WideOpenWest
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, BuzzFeed had 2 more articles in the media than WideOpenWest. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BuzzFeed and 3 mentions for WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat BuzzFeed's score of 0.47 indicating that WideOpenWest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BuzzFeed
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
WideOpenWest
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

WideOpenWest has a net margin of -14.17% compared to BuzzFeed's net margin of -22.51%. WideOpenWest's return on equity of -22.83% beat BuzzFeed's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BuzzFeed-22.51% -33.17% -8.70%
WideOpenWest -14.17%-22.83%-3.60%

37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

WideOpenWest received 446 more outperform votes than BuzzFeed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave WideOpenWest an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave BuzzFeed an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BuzzFeedOutperform Votes
2
11.11%
Underperform Votes
16
88.89%
WideOpenWestOutperform Votes
448
60.38%
Underperform Votes
294
39.62%

BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.65, meaning that its share price is 265% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

WideOpenWest beats BuzzFeed on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BZFD vs. The Competition

MetricBuzzFeedCommunication services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$117.04M$1.93B$8.54B$9.32B
Dividend YieldN/A4.17%2.73%4.06%
P/E Ratio-2.129.3018.7317.55
Price / Sales0.5125.4313.97139.05
Price / CashN/A17.8733.4837.95
Price / Book1.015.035.664.92
Net Income-$88.58M-$215.51M$264.36M$225.78M
7 Day Performance-29.20%-1.19%-1.19%-1.47%
1 Month Performance0.65%1.92%2.49%5.36%
1 Year Performance131.93%21.04%13.47%22.71%

BuzzFeed Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.1027 of 5 stars
$3.08
-3.8%
N/A+131.9%$117.04M$231.67M-2.121,520
WOW
WideOpenWest
2.5426 of 5 stars
$4.95
-0.2%
$7.50
+51.5%
+23.2%$419.66M$686.70M-4.431,360Positive News
GTN
Gray Television
4.8642 of 5 stars
$3.58
-3.8%
$6.67
+86.2%
-62.4%$356.82M$3.28B2.489,923
SPIR
Spire Global
2.3777 of 5 stars
$14.13
+4.6%
$19.60
+38.7%
+88.8%$343.61M$107.22M-3.88370
IHRT
iHeartMedia
2.0032 of 5 stars
$2.18
-4.8%
$3.00
+37.6%
-18.3%$320.62M$3.80B-0.3410,800Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.95
+8.0%
N/A+665.7%$204.29M$641.37M-4.75290
SSP
E.W. Scripps
3.6608 of 5 stars
$2.17
+5.9%
$5.75
+165.0%
-73.9%$187.41M$2.40B-0.725,200News Coverage
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.849 of 5 stars
$10.06
-1.1%
$16.83
+67.3%
-8.6%$156.40M$447.96M-3.732,159Gap Down
CXDO
Crexendo
2.7442 of 5 stars
$5.10
-1.4%
$6.50
+27.5%
+57.3%$136.25M$58.76M172.33120Insider Trade
News Coverage
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$1.65
-1.2%
N/A-28.8%$78.33M$244.20M-0.39360Positive News
UONE
Urban One
1.6995 of 5 stars
$1.59
-4.2%
N/A-59.4%$76.17M$452.89M-0.981,160News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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