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MDIA vs. CRGE, SSP, IHRT, CXDO, TSQ, AREN, VOCL, SGA, BZFD, and UONE

Should you be buying MediaCo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediaCo include Charge Enterprises (CRGE), E.W. Scripps (SSP), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), The Arena Group (AREN), Creatd (VOCL), Saga Communications (SGA), BuzzFeed (BZFD), and Urban One (UONE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

MediaCo vs.

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

MediaCo has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Charge Enterprises' net margin of -5.76%. MediaCo's return on equity of 0.00% beat Charge Enterprises' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MediaCoN/A N/A N/A
Charge Enterprises -5.76%-136.79%-20.11%

Charge Enterprises received 4 more outperform votes than MediaCo when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MediaCoN/AN/A
Charge EnterprisesOutperform Votes
4
66.67%
Underperform Votes
2
33.33%

MediaCo has a beta of -0.46, indicating that its stock price is 146% less 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.

64.0% of MediaCo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.2% of Charge Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of MediaCo 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MediaCo$95.57M0.56-$16.80M-$0.36-3.19
Charge Enterprises$641.37M0.29-$30.35M-$0.20-4.39

In the previous week, MediaCo and MediaCo both had 1 articles in the media. MediaCo's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Charge Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that MediaCo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MediaCo
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Charge Enterprises
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

MediaCo beats Charge Enterprises on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MDIA vs. The Competition

MetricMediaCoBroadcasting IndustryCommunication SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$53.62M$631.83M$3.28B$7.58B
Dividend YieldN/A5.86%6.77%4.33%
P/E Ratio-3.197.3421.3018.15
Price / Sales0.5617.86184.92105.06
Price / CashN/A11.1416.0234.62
Price / BookN/A1.694.404.18
Net Income-$16.80M$39.04M$143.11M$247.59M
7 Day Performance-2.21%2.44%1.34%4.70%
1 Month Performance1.68%0.89%-1.79%-4.87%
1 Year Performance-42.26%2.59%5.75%3.56%

MediaCo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MDIA
MediaCo
1.2062 of 5 stars
$1.15
+1.7%
N/A-43.2%$53.62M$95.57M-3.19190
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.87
-5.4%
N/A-27.9%$187.09M$641.37M-4.35290Gap Up
SSP
E.W. Scripps
3.8595 of 5 stars
$2.06
+1.0%
$6.25
+203.4%
-43.4%$178.60M$2.51B-0.665,700Short Interest ↑
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.9551 of 5 stars
$1.10
-4.3%
$2.83
+157.6%
-50.0%$161.90M$3.85B-0.1611,000
CXDO
Crexendo
2.8222 of 5 stars
$4.47
+1.6%
$8.50
+90.2%
+5.2%$124.72M$60.84M149.05120Gap Up
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.4368 of 5 stars
$7.22
+3.6%
$18.00
+149.3%
-45.9%$116.38M$450.98M-2.662,340Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$1.89
-2.6%
N/A+394.6%$89.71M$234.40M-0.44360Gap Up
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.30
-25.0%
N/A-77.9%$83.50M$4.80M-0.30186Positive News
Gap Up
SGA
Saga Communications
N/A$11.28
-0.6%
N/A-48.6%$72.67M$112.92M15.67570
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.4189 of 5 stars
$1.72
+0.6%
N/A+8.1%$66.26M$189.89M-1.191,520Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
UONE
Urban One
N/A$1.35
-0.4%
N/A-35.4%$64.43M$449.67M-0.791,160

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This page (NASDAQ:MDIA) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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