Sinclair (SBGI) Competitors

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

Is SBGI or EVC 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
Sinclair	-6.14%	63.89%	3.02%
Entravision Communications	-14.25%	-12.03%	-3.54%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SBGI or EVC?

Sinclair received 156 more outperform votes than Entravision Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Sinclair an outperform vote while only 60.08% of users gave Entravision Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sinclair	Outperform Votes 448 63.10%	Underperform Votes 262 36.90%
Entravision Communications	Outperform Votes 292 60.08%	Underperform Votes 194 39.92%

Which has more risk and volatility, SBGI or EVC?

Sinclair has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entravision Communications has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

41.7% of Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Entravision Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 46.6% of Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Entravision Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer SBGI or EVC?

Sinclair presently has a consensus target price of $19.30, suggesting a potential upside of 23.17%. Given Sinclair's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Sinclair is more favorable than Entravision Communications.

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, SBGI or EVC?

Entravision Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sinclair. Entravision Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sinclair, 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
Sinclair	$3.55B	0.29	-$291M	$4.66	3.36
Entravision Communications	$364.95M	0.55	-$15.44M	-$1.65	-1.35

Is SBGI or EVC a better dividend stock?

Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Entravision Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Sinclair pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Entravision Communications pays out -12.1% 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. Entravision Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer SBGI or EVC?

In the previous week, Sinclair had 16 more articles in the media than Entravision Communications. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Sinclair and 2 mentions for Entravision Communications. Entravision Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Sinclair's score of 1.26 indicating that Entravision Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sinclair	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Entravision Communications	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Sinclair beats Entravision Communications on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.