Urban One (UONEK) Competitors

The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) and Urban One (NASDAQ:UONEK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is AREN or UONEK more profitable?

Urban One has a net margin of -17.82% compared to The Arena Group's net margin of -70.59%. Urban One's return on equity of 17.29% beat The Arena Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Arena Group	-70.59%	N/A	-15.23%
Urban One	-17.82%	17.29%	4.02%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AREN or UONEK?

Urban One received 88 more outperform votes than The Arena Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.16% of users gave Urban One an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave The Arena Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Arena Group	Outperform Votes 4 36.36%	Underperform Votes 7 63.64%
Urban One	Outperform Votes 92 62.16%	Underperform Votes 56 37.84%

Which has better earnings & valuation, AREN or UONEK?

Urban One has higher revenue and earnings than The Arena Group. The Arena Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban One, 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
The Arena Group	$234.40M	0.56	-$55.58M	-$4.25	-0.65
Urban One	$449.67M	0.05	$2.05M	-$2.25	-0.22

Does the media prefer AREN or UONEK?

In the previous week, The Arena Group had 1 more articles in the media than Urban One. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Arena Group and 1 mentions for Urban One. Urban One's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat The Arena Group's score of 0.44 indicating that Urban One is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Arena Group	Neutral
Urban One	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, AREN or UONEK?

The Arena Group has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban One has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AREN or UONEK?

85.6% of The Arena Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Urban One shares are held by institutional investors. 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.5% of Urban One shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Urban One beats The Arena Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.