BZFD vs. WOW, GTN, SPIR, CRGE, IHRT, SSP, VOCL, TSQ, CXDO, 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), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), iHeartMedia (IHRT), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Creatd (VOCL), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Crexendo (CXDO), and Urban One (UONE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
BuzzFeed vs.
WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) and BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.75, suggesting that its stock price is 275% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, WideOpenWest had 1 more articles in the media than BuzzFeed. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for WideOpenWest and 0 mentions for BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat WideOpenWest's score of 1.81 indicating that BuzzFeed is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
BuzzFeed has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
WideOpenWest presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 66.85%. Given WideOpenWest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than BuzzFeed.
87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
WideOpenWest beats BuzzFeed on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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