BZFD vs. SSP, IHRT, SPIR, CXDO, CRGE, VOCL, TSQ, SGA, AREN, and UONE
Should you be buying BuzzFeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BuzzFeed include E.W. Scripps (SSP), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Spire Global (SPIR), Crexendo (CXDO), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Creatd (VOCL), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Saga Communications (SGA), The Arena Group (AREN), and Urban One (UONE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
BuzzFeed vs.
BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) and E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
E.W. Scripps received 10 more outperform votes than BuzzFeed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 35.29% of users gave E.W. Scripps an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave BuzzFeed an outperform vote.
E.W. Scripps has a consensus price target of $6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 99.04%. Given E.W. Scripps' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than BuzzFeed.
E.W. Scripps has a net margin of -8.55% compared to BuzzFeed's net margin of -22.51%. E.W. Scripps' return on equity of 9.40% beat BuzzFeed's return on equity.
37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of BuzzFeed shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BuzzFeed has higher earnings, but lower revenue than E.W. Scripps. BuzzFeed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than E.W. Scripps, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.73, suggesting that its share price is 273% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, E.W. Scripps had 5 more articles in the media than BuzzFeed. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for E.W. Scripps and 1 mentions for BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat E.W. Scripps' score of 0.70 indicating that BuzzFeed is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
E.W. Scripps beats BuzzFeed on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
