SSP vs. GTN.A, ATEX, WOW, GTN, SPIR, IHRT, CRGE, TSQ, CXDO, and BZFD
Should you be buying E.W. Scripps stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of E.W. Scripps include Gray Television (GTN.A), Anterix (ATEX), WideOpenWest (WOW), Gray Television (GTN), Spire Global (SPIR), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Crexendo (CXDO), and BuzzFeed (BZFD). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
E.W. Scripps vs.
E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) and Gray Television (NYSE:GTN.A) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
E.W. Scripps pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Gray Television pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. E.W. Scripps pays out -6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gray Television pays out 21.3% 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. E.W. Scripps is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Gray Television shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of E.W. Scripps shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Gray Television shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gray Television received 138 more outperform votes than E.W. Scripps when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.82% of users gave Gray Television an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave E.W. Scripps an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gray Television had 1 more articles in the media than E.W. Scripps. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gray Television and 2 mentions for E.W. Scripps. Gray Television's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat E.W. Scripps' score of -0.40 indicating that Gray Television is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
E.W. Scripps presently has a consensus price target of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 193.37%. Given E.W. Scripps' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than Gray Television.
Gray Television has a net margin of 5.69% compared to E.W. Scripps' net margin of -8.55%. Gray Television's return on equity of 9.60% beat E.W. Scripps' return on equity.
E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gray Television has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gray Television has higher revenue and earnings than E.W. Scripps. E.W. Scripps is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gray Television, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gray Television beats E.W. Scripps on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SSP) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff