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The Arena Group (AREN) Competitors

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AREN vs. WOW, GTN, SPIR, CRGE, SSP, IHRT, CXDO, TSQ, VOCL, and SGA

Should you be buying The Arena Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Arena Group include WideOpenWest (WOW), Gray Television (GTN), Spire Global (SPIR), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), E.W. Scripps (SSP), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Creatd (VOCL), and Saga Communications (SGA). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

The Arena Group vs.

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

The Arena Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Arena Group$234.40M0.54-$55.58M-$4.25-0.63
WideOpenWest$630.90M0.60-$287.70M-$0.71-6.29

85.6% of The Arena Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

WideOpenWest received 444 more outperform votes than The Arena Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave WideOpenWest an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave The Arena Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Arena GroupOutperform Votes
4
36.36%
Underperform Votes
7
63.64%
WideOpenWestOutperform Votes
448
60.38%
Underperform Votes
294
39.62%

The Arena Group has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, WideOpenWest had 4 more articles in the media than The Arena Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for WideOpenWest and 3 mentions for The Arena Group. WideOpenWest's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat The Arena Group's score of 0.44 indicating that WideOpenWest 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)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
WideOpenWest
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

WideOpenWest has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 67.97%. Given WideOpenWest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WideOpenWest 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
WideOpenWest
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

WideOpenWest has a net margin of -14.17% compared to The Arena Group's net margin of -70.59%. The Arena Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat WideOpenWest's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Arena Group-70.59% N/A -15.23%
WideOpenWest -14.17%-22.83%-3.60%

Summary

WideOpenWest beats The Arena Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AREN vs. The Competition

MetricThe Arena GroupCable & other pay television services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$127.21M$11.96B$6.94B$18.42B
Dividend YieldN/A5.14%2.69%4.22%
P/E Ratio-0.636.4029.3031.10
Price / Sales0.541.77169.3426.57
Price / CashN/A7.8031.6117.54
Price / Book-1.081.374.544.30
Net Income-$55.58M$588.01M$194.86M$1.02B
7 Day Performance36.04%4.68%1.56%2.90%
1 Month Performance72.90%-4.32%-8.85%-7.77%
1 Year Performance300.24%15.72%3.29%2.31%

The Arena Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$2.68
-3.2%
N/A+352.2%$127.21M$234.40M-0.63360News Coverage
Gap Up
WOW
WideOpenWest
1.7198 of 5 stars
$4.17
-2.1%
$7.50
+79.9%
+23.0%$353.12M$630.90M-3.721,390News Coverage
GTN
Gray Television
4.7663 of 5 stars
$3.37
+0.6%
$6.33
+87.9%
-39.4%$342.20M$3.64B2.258,610Short Interest ↓
SPIR
Spire Global
1.7038 of 5 stars
$9.25
+1.3%
$17.70
+91.4%
-16.1%$282.73M$110.45M-2.66370Options Volume
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.87
-5.4%
N/A+9,853.7%$187.09M$641.37M-4.35290Gap Down
SSP
E.W. Scripps
3.7425 of 5 stars
$2.06
+1.0%
$6.25
+203.4%
-33.8%$178.60M$2.51B-0.665,700Short Interest ↑
IHRT
iHeartMedia
2.2615 of 5 stars
$1.10
-4.3%
$2.83
+157.6%
-49.8%$161.90M$3.85B-0.1611,000Positive News
CXDO
Crexendo
2.774 of 5 stars
$4.47
+1.6%
$8.50
+90.2%
+4.7%$124.72M$60.84M149.05120Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.5162 of 5 stars
$7.22
+3.6%
$18.00
+149.3%
-40.0%$116.38M$450.98M-2.662,340
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.30
-25.0%
N/A-80.8%$83.50M$4.80M-0.30186Gap Down
SGA
Saga Communications
4.2716 of 5 stars
$11.28
-0.6%
N/A-50.0%$72.67M$112.92M15.67570

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This page (NYSE:AREN) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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