MDIA vs. SSP, CXDO, TSQ, BZFD, SGA, AREN, UONE, UCL, KORE, and UONEK
Should you be buying MediaCo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediaCo include E.W. Scripps (SSP), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), BuzzFeed (BZFD), Saga Communications (SGA), The Arena Group (AREN), Urban One (UONE), uCloudlink Group (UCL), KORE Group (KORE), and Urban One (UONEK). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
MediaCo vs.
E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) and MediaCo (NASDAQ:MDIA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, E.W. Scripps had 2 more articles in the media than MediaCo. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for E.W. Scripps and 0 mentions for MediaCo. E.W. Scripps' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled MediaCo'saverage media sentiment score.
E.W. Scripps received 11 more outperform votes than MediaCo when rated by MarketBeat users.
E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MediaCo has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.
E.W. Scripps presently has a consensus target price of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 221.23%. Given E.W. Scripps' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than MediaCo.
67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of MediaCo shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of E.W. Scripps shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of MediaCo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MediaCo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than E.W. Scripps. MediaCo 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.
MediaCo has a net margin of 0.00% compared to E.W. Scripps' net margin of -8.55%. E.W. Scripps' return on equity of 9.40% beat MediaCo's return on equity.
Summary
E.W. Scripps beats MediaCo on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MDIA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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