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MDIA vs. SSP, VOCL, TSQ, CXDO, BZFD, UONE, SGA, AREN, UCL, and UONEK

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

MediaCo vs.

MediaCo (NASDAQ:MDIA) and E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

In the previous week, E.W. Scripps had 1 more articles in the media than MediaCo. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for E.W. Scripps and 0 mentions for MediaCo. MediaCo's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat E.W. Scripps' score of 1.76 indicating that MediaCo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

MediaCo has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

E.W. Scripps has a consensus price target of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 152.19%. Given E.W. Scripps' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than MediaCo.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MediaCo
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 received 11 more outperform votes than MediaCo when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MediaCoN/AN/A
E.W. ScrippsOutperform Votes
11
33.33%
Underperform Votes
22
66.67%

MediaCo has higher earnings, but lower revenue than E.W. Scripps. E.W. Scripps 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$69.30M0.72-$84.47M-$1.81-0.59
E.W. Scripps$2.29B0.09-$998.09M-$3.10-0.74

64.0% of MediaCo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of MediaCo 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MediaCoN/A N/A N/A
E.W. Scripps -8.55%9.40%1.34%

Summary

E.W. Scripps beats MediaCo on 11 of the 17 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$49.94M$558.34M$3.07B$9.12B
Dividend YieldN/A5.80%6.70%4.01%
P/E Ratio-0.59167.98299.8113.13
Price / Sales0.7217.86129.5475.82
Price / CashN/A11.1416.0032.72
Price / BookN/A1.314.184.58
Net Income-$84.47M$43.71M$135.37M$224.83M
7 Day Performance3.88%-0.69%2.89%2.37%
1 Month Performance-6.96%-0.76%3.24%4.40%
1 Year Performance84.48%5.82%23.91%20.10%

MediaCo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MDIA
MediaCo
1.2854 of 5 stars
$1.07
flat
N/A+84.5%$49.94M$69.30M-0.59190Gap Down
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.3981 of 5 stars
$2.29
-3.0%
$5.75
+151.1%
-69.8%$197.77M$2.40B-0.745,200Gap Down
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.55
-8.8%
N/A+12,240.4%$152.39M$4.80M-0.55186Gap Up
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.9624 of 5 stars
$9.03
+1.7%
$16.83
+86.4%
-10.6%$140.39M$447.96M-3.332,159News Coverage
CXDO
Crexendo
2.4871 of 5 stars
$5.13
-2.7%
$6.50
+26.7%
-2.7%$137.05M$58.76M171.06120
BZFD
BuzzFeed
0.6378 of 5 stars
$2.68
+2.3%
N/A+243.5%$101.84M$231.67M-1.851,520Positive News
UONE
Urban One
2.3652 of 5 stars
$1.58
+0.6%
N/A-59.3%$75.69M$452.89M-0.931,160Positive News
Gap Down
SGA
Saga Communications
4.7131 of 5 stars
$11.40
-0.9%
N/A-47.2%$71.38M$110.67M15.83570
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$1.15
-10.9%
N/A+66.1%$54.59M$234.40M-0.27360
UCL
uCloudlink Group
1.6237 of 5 stars
$1.30
-11.6%
N/A+6.2%$48.68M$87.41M11.82490Gap Up
UONEK
Urban One
1.1088 of 5 stars
$0.91
-6.6%
N/A-73.7%$43.69M$452.89M-0.541,398

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This page (NASDAQ:MDIA) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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