SGA vs. AREN, IHRT, SSP, CXDO, TSQ, CRGE, VOCL, BZFD, UONE, and UCL
Should you be buying Saga Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saga Communications include The Arena Group (AREN), iHeartMedia (IHRT), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Creatd (VOCL), BuzzFeed (BZFD), Radio One (UONE), and uCloudlink Group (UCL). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Saga Communications vs. Its Competitors
Saga Communications (NASDAQ:SGA) and The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Saga Communications has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Arena Group has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
74.3% of Saga Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of The Arena Group shares are held by institutional investors. 21.9% of Saga Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 74.2% of The Arena Group 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.
Saga Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Arena Group. Saga Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Arena Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Saga Communications had 7 more articles in the media than The Arena Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Saga Communications and 3 mentions for The Arena Group. Saga Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat The Arena Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Saga Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Saga Communications has a net margin of 3.15% compared to The Arena Group's net margin of -70.59%. Saga Communications' return on equity of 2.09% beat The Arena Group's return on equity.
Summary
Saga Communications beats The Arena Group on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:SGA) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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