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Saga Communications (SGA) Competitors

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$12.23 +0.18 (+1.49%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

SGA vs. EMMS, ETM, BBGI, CMLS, VOCL, TSQ, SSP, CRGE, CXDO, and BZFD

Should you be buying Saga Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saga Communications include Emmis Communications (EMMS), Entercom Communications (ETM), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Cumulus Media (CMLS), Creatd (VOCL), Townsquare Media (TSQ), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Crexendo (CXDO), and BuzzFeed (BZFD).

Saga Communications vs.

Emmis Communications (NASDAQ:EMMS) and Saga Communications (NASDAQ:SGA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

In the previous week, Saga Communications had 4 more articles in the media than Emmis Communications. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Saga Communications and 0 mentions for Emmis Communications. Saga Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Emmis Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Saga Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Emmis Communications Neutral
Saga Communications Positive

35.7% of Emmis Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Saga Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of Emmis Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Saga Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Emmis Communications has a net margin of 85.66% compared to Saga Communications' net margin of 4.24%. Saga Communications' return on equity of 3.22% beat Emmis Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Emmis Communications85.66% -10.85% -4.65%
Saga Communications 4.24%3.22%2.40%

Emmis Communications has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saga Communications has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Emmis Communications received 135 more outperform votes than Saga Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Emmis Communications an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Saga Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Emmis CommunicationsOutperform Votes
142
61.74%
Underperform Votes
88
38.26%
Saga CommunicationsOutperform Votes
7
36.84%
Underperform Votes
12
63.16%

Emmis Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Saga Communications.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Emmis Communications$114.13M0.46$23.35MN/AN/A
Saga Communications$112.77M0.68$9.50M$0.7216.99

Summary

Emmis Communications and Saga Communications tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SGA vs. The Competition

MetricSaga CommunicationsRadio broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$75.45M$9.30B$8.31B$8.89B
Dividend Yield8.30%5.41%2.77%4.06%
P/E Ratio16.9915.6514.1613.30
Price / Sales0.681.087.7981.01
Price / Cash5.163.1515.4336.03
Price / Book0.462.454.495.74
Net Income$9.50M-$57.38M$265.65M$225.93M
7 Day Performance2.26%-0.66%-1.56%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-13.99%-5.73%-2.08%0.60%
1 Year Performance-42.47%-17.91%15.34%26.23%

Saga Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SGA
Saga Communications
4.275 of 5 stars
$12.23
+1.5%
N/A-42.7%$75.45M$112.77M16.99570Dividend Announcement
Positive News
EMMS
Emmis Communications
N/A$3.95
flat
N/AN/A$52.54M$114.13M1.03234
ETM
Entercom Communications
N/AN/AN/AN/A$33.56M$1.49B0.253,524Analyst Forecast
BBGI
Beasley Broadcast Group
3.3735 of 5 stars
$8.01
+0.1%
N/AN/A$14.17M$238.75M4.801,127Analyst Forecast
CMLS
Cumulus Media
1.6015 of 5 stars
$0.73
-5.2%
$8.00
+994.4%
-85.9%$13.08M$844.55M0.003,367Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.89
+4.7%
N/A+7,627.3%$247.02M$4.80M-0.90186Gap Up
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.6861 of 5 stars
$9.83
-0.8%
$16.83
+71.2%
+2.0%$154.07M$454.23M0.002,159Insider Trade
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.2947 of 5 stars
$1.89
+6.2%
$5.75
+204.2%
-75.5%$153.73M$2.29B0.005,200Positive News
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.69
-22.5%
N/A+141.6%$148.38M$641.37M-3.45290News Coverage
CXDO
Crexendo
3.4191 of 5 stars
$5.17
+1.0%
$6.50
+25.7%
+109.3%$136.78M$53.20M172.39120
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.5733 of 5 stars
$3.03
-5.3%
N/A+142.6%$120.94M$252.68M0.001,520

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This page (NASDAQ:SGA) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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