Charge Enterprises (CRGE) Competitors

Gray Television (NYSE:GTN.A) and Charge Enterprises (NASDAQ:CRGE) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GTN.A or CRGE?

0.3% of Gray Television shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.2% of Charge Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Gray Television shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Charge Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer GTN.A or CRGE?

In the previous week, Gray Television had 3 more articles in the media than Charge Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gray Television and 0 mentions for Charge Enterprises. Gray Television's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Charge Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Gray Television is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gray Television	Positive
Charge Enterprises	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, GTN.A or CRGE?

Gray Television has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charge Enterprises has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GTN.A or CRGE?

Charge Enterprises has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gray Television. Charge Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gray Television, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gray Television	$3.46B	0.19	-$76M	$1.50	4.44
Charge Enterprises	$641.37M	0.37	-$30.35M	-$0.20	-5.50

Is GTN.A or CRGE more profitable?

Gray Television has a net margin of 5.69% compared to Charge Enterprises' net margin of -5.76%. Gray Television's return on equity of 9.60% beat Charge Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gray Television	5.69%	9.60%	1.85%
Charge Enterprises	-5.76%	-136.79%	-20.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GTN.A or CRGE?

Gray Television received 145 more outperform votes than Charge Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.82% of users gave Gray Television an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Charge Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gray Television	Outperform Votes 149 66.82%	Underperform Votes 74 33.18%
Charge Enterprises	Outperform Votes 4 66.67%	Underperform Votes 2 33.33%

Summary

Gray Television beats Charge Enterprises on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.