The Arena Group (AREN) Competitors

The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) and E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, AREN or SSP?

The Arena Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than E.W. Scripps. E.W. Scripps 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Arena Group	$244.20M	0.27	-$55.58M	-$4.25	-0.33
E.W. Scripps	$2.29B	0.09	-$998.09M	-$3.10	-0.74

Does the media prefer AREN or SSP?

In the previous week, The Arena Group had 1 more articles in the media than E.W. Scripps. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Arena Group and 1 mentions for E.W. Scripps. E.W. Scripps' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat The Arena Group's score of 0.30 indicating that E.W. Scripps is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
The Arena Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
E.W. Scripps	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AREN or SSP?

85.6% of The Arena Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of E.W. Scripps shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend AREN or SSP?

E.W. Scripps has a consensus target price of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 152.19%. Given E.W. Scripps' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than The Arena Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Arena Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
E.W. Scripps	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AREN or SSP?

E.W. Scripps received 7 more outperform votes than The Arena Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 36.36% of users gave The Arena Group an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave E.W. Scripps an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Arena Group	Outperform Votes 4 36.36%	Underperform Votes 7 63.64%
E.W. Scripps	Outperform Votes 11 33.33%	Underperform Votes 22 66.67%

Is AREN or SSP more profitable?

E.W. Scripps has a net margin of -8.55% compared to The Arena Group's net margin of -70.59%. E.W. Scripps' return on equity of 9.40% 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%
E.W. Scripps	-8.55%	9.40%	1.34%

Which has more risk and volatility, AREN or SSP?

The Arena Group has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

E.W. Scripps beats The Arena Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.