BZFD vs. IHRT, VOCL, SPIR, CRGE, SSP, CXDO, TSQ, SGA, AREN, and UONE
Should you be buying BuzzFeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BuzzFeed include iHeartMedia (IHRT), Creatd (VOCL), Spire Global (SPIR), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Crexendo (CXDO), 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.
iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) and BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
iHeartMedia received 24 more outperform votes than BuzzFeed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 35.62% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave BuzzFeed an outperform vote.
In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 2 more articles in the media than BuzzFeed. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for iHeartMedia and 0 mentions for BuzzFeed. iHeartMedia's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat BuzzFeed's score of 0.00 indicating that iHeartMedia is being referred to more favorably in the media.
iHeartMedia currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.21%. Given iHeartMedia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than BuzzFeed.
93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.72, meaning that its share price is 272% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BuzzFeed has a net margin of -22.51% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -27.04%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of 0.00% beat BuzzFeed's return on equity.
BuzzFeed has lower revenue, but higher earnings than iHeartMedia. BuzzFeed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iHeartMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
iHeartMedia beats BuzzFeed on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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