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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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BuzzFeedOutperform Votes
2
11.11%
Underperform Votes
16
88.89%
E.W. ScrippsOutperform Votes
12
35.29%
Underperform Votes
22
64.71%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BuzzFeed
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
E.W. Scripps
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BuzzFeed-22.51% -33.17% -8.70%
E.W. Scripps -8.55%9.40%1.34%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BuzzFeed$189.89M0.46-$88.58M-$0.32-7.03
E.W. Scripps$2.51B0.11-$998.09M$0.993.17

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
BuzzFeed Very Positive
E.W. Scripps Positive

Summary

E.W. Scripps beats BuzzFeed on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BZFD vs. The Competition

MetricBuzzFeedCommunication services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$86.68M$7.17B$7.57B$7.83B
Dividend YieldN/A4.15%2.98%4.01%
P/E Ratio-1.559.7816.4918.70
Price / Sales0.4684.779.7190.67
Price / CashN/A11.9216.4234.64
Price / Book0.7410.254.264.23
Net Income-$88.58M-$160.13M$261.14M$247.15M
7 Day Performance2.27%-0.19%-1.75%-2.18%
1 Month Performance5.14%0.39%-5.07%-5.68%
1 Year Performance20.42%47.53%-4.45%-0.74%

BuzzFeed Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.2223 of 5 stars
$2.25
-4.7%
N/A+20.4%$86.68M$189.89M-1.551,520Positive News
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.0901 of 5 stars
$3.17
-2.8%
$6.25
+97.2%
-20.1%$273.77M$2.51B-1.025,200Short Interest ↑
IHRT
iHeartMedia
2.3537 of 5 stars
$1.72
-2.3%
$2.83
+64.7%
-21.5%$253.15M$3.85B-0.2511,000
SPIR
Spire Global
1.5131 of 5 stars
$8.68
-0.4%
$18.30
+110.9%
-31.7%$223.30M$121.09M-2.49370Upcoming Earnings
CXDO
Crexendo
2.4767 of 5 stars
$5.69
+3.3%
$8.75
+53.8%
+6.4%$158.76M$60.84M189.73120Short Interest ↑
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.70
-12.5%
N/A+7,822.1%$150.53M$641.37M-3.50290News Coverage
Gap Up
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.48
flat
N/A-88.3%$132.74M$4.80M-0.48186Gap Up
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.3945 of 5 stars
$8.07
+1.1%
$18.00
+123.2%
-26.4%$130M$450.98M-2.982,340Analyst Upgrade
SGA
Saga Communications
4.3275 of 5 stars
$12.72
+1.0%
N/A-45.4%$79.64M$110.29M17.67570Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Down
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$1.53
-4.4%
N/A+42.4%$72.62M$234.40M-0.36360News Coverage
UONE
Urban One
1.127 of 5 stars
$1.45
+3.9%
N/A-46.7%$69.66M$452.89M-0.861,160Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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