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BZFD vs. TSAT, SPIR, WOW, SSP, IHRT, AREN, CXDO, TSQ, UCL, and VOCL

Should you be buying BuzzFeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BuzzFeed include Telesat (TSAT), Spire Global (SPIR), WideOpenWest (WOW), E.W. Scripps (SSP), iHeartMedia (IHRT), The Arena Group (AREN), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), uCloudlink Group (UCL), and Creatd (VOCL). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

BuzzFeed vs. Its Competitors

Telesat (NASDAQ:TSAT) and BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Telesat
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
BuzzFeed
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

In the previous week, Telesat had 5 more articles in the media than BuzzFeed. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Telesat and 1 mentions for BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Telesat's score of 0.01 indicating that BuzzFeed is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Telesat
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
BuzzFeed
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.6% of Telesat shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Telesat has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.46, meaning that its stock price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500.

BuzzFeed has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telesat. Telesat 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
Telesat$416.79M0.77-$64.02M-$4.47-5.26
BuzzFeed$188.90M0.43-$10.10M$0.336.33

BuzzFeed has a net margin of 6.37% compared to Telesat's net margin of -16.09%. Telesat's return on equity of -6.83% beat BuzzFeed's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Telesat-16.09% -6.83% -2.60%
BuzzFeed 6.37%-24.44%-8.70%

Summary

BuzzFeed beats Telesat on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BZFD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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

MetricBuzzFeedMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$83.60M$16.53B$8.08B$9.54B
Dividend YieldN/A2.61%3.25%4.09%
P/E Ratio6.3339.5719.1323.83
Price / Sales0.432.864.2566.14
Price / CashN/A16.5916.2557.96
Price / Book0.751.894.785.54
Net Income-$10.10M-$285.69M$219.41M$259.28M
7 Day Performance-12.18%-6.35%-4.76%-4.68%
1 Month Performance2.45%-0.96%38.31%4.36%
1 Year Performance-13.10%40.72%19.75%17.89%

BuzzFeed Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BZFD
BuzzFeed
2.0616 of 5 stars
$2.09
-3.7%
N/A-20.2%$83.60M$188.90M6.331,520Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
TSAT
Telesat
0.8177 of 5 stars
$25.33
-3.0%
N/A+194.7%$356.03M$416.79M-5.67470News Coverage
SPIR
Spire Global
2.1648 of 5 stars
$10.57
-5.2%
$18.20
+72.2%
-23.4%$346.51M$110.45M-3.04370Gap Down
WOW
WideOpenWest
2.2511 of 5 stars
$3.54
-2.7%
$6.50
+83.6%
-36.4%$311.13M$630.90M-5.061,320News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.1485 of 5 stars
$3.37
+1.2%
$6.00
+78.0%
-17.6%$292.08M$2.51B3.665,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
IHRT
iHeartMedia
2.5243 of 5 stars
$1.98
+0.5%
$2.92
+47.3%
+5.2%$290.82M$3.85B-0.2410,100Gap Down
AREN
The Arena Group
1.8697 of 5 stars
$5.76
-5.6%
$10.00
+73.6%
+642.7%$273.95M$128.78M-1.36360
CXDO
Crexendo
2.7759 of 5 stars
$5.76
-2.2%
$8.38
+45.4%
+29.3%$170.99M$62.61M72.01120Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.1967 of 5 stars
$7.37
+0.7%
$17.00
+130.7%
-41.5%$119.69M$450.98M-5.542,049News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
UCL
uCloudlink Group
1.0686 of 5 stars
$2.87
+12.1%
N/A+60.4%$96.76M$91.64M31.89490News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.32
flat
N/A-74.8%$89.07M$4.80M-0.32186

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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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