BZFD vs. AREN, IHRT, SSP, CXDO, TSQ, CRGE, VOCL, SGA, UONE, and UCL
Should you be buying BuzzFeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BuzzFeed include The Arena Group (AREN), iHeartMedia (IHRT), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Creatd (VOCL), Saga Communications (SGA), Radio One (UONE), and uCloudlink Group (UCL). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
BuzzFeed vs. Its Competitors
BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) and The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.46, meaning that its stock price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Arena Group has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Arena Group had 3 more articles in the media than BuzzFeed. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Arena Group and 0 mentions for BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled The Arena Group'saverage media sentiment score.
BuzzFeed has a net margin of 6.37% compared to The Arena Group's net margin of -70.59%. The Arena Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat BuzzFeed's return on equity.
37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of The Arena Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of BuzzFeed shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BuzzFeed has higher revenue and earnings than The Arena Group. BuzzFeed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Arena Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BuzzFeed beats The Arena Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
