Sinclair (SBGI) Competitors

Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC) and Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is EVC or SBGI a better dividend stock?

Entravision Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Entravision Communications pays out -16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sinclair pays out -30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EVC or SBGI?

69.5% of Entravision Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Entravision Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.6% of Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer EVC or SBGI?

In the previous week, Sinclair had 7 more articles in the media than Entravision Communications. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sinclair and 3 mentions for Entravision Communications. Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Entravision Communications' score of 0.50 indicating that Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Entravision Communications	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sinclair	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate EVC or SBGI?

Sinclair has a consensus target price of $20.10, indicating a potential upside of 36.27%. Given Sinclair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sinclair is more favorable than Entravision Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Entravision Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sinclair	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has more risk & volatility, EVC or SBGI?

Entravision Communications has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sinclair has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EVC or SBGI more profitable?

Sinclair has a net margin of -6.14% compared to Entravision Communications' net margin of -14.25%. Sinclair's return on equity of 63.89% beat Entravision Communications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Entravision Communications	-14.25%	-12.03%	-3.54%
Sinclair	-6.14%	63.89%	3.02%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EVC or SBGI?

Entravision Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sinclair. Sinclair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entravision Communications, 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
Entravision Communications	$1.11B	0.19	-$15.44M	-$1.24	-1.90
Sinclair	$3.13B	0.31	-$291M	-$3.30	-4.47

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EVC or SBGI?

Sinclair received 153 more outperform votes than Entravision Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.12% of users gave Sinclair an outperform vote while only 60.08% of users gave Entravision Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Entravision Communications	Outperform Votes 292 60.08%	Underperform Votes 194 39.92%
Sinclair	Outperform Votes 445 63.12%	Underperform Votes 260 36.88%

Summary

Sinclair beats Entravision Communications on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.