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AREN vs. GTN.A, CABO, GTN, ATEX, TSAT, SPIR, WOW, SSP, IHRT, and CXDO

Should you be buying The Arena Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Arena Group include Gray Media (GTN.A), Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN), Anterix (ATEX), Telesat (TSAT), Spire Global (SPIR), WideOpenWest (WOW), E.W. Scripps (SSP), iHeartMedia (IHRT), and Crexendo (CXDO). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

The Arena Group vs. Its Competitors

The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) and Gray Media (NYSE:GTN.A) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

Gray Media has a net margin of 7.72% compared to The Arena Group's net margin of -70.59%. Gray Media's return on equity of 12.75% 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%
Gray Media 7.72%12.75%2.63%

In the previous week, Gray Media had 5 more articles in the media than The Arena Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Gray Media and 1 mentions for The Arena Group. Gray Media's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat The Arena Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Gray Media 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Gray Media
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

85.6% of The Arena Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Gray Media shares are held by institutional investors. 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Gray Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

The Arena Group has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gray Media has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

The Arena Group currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 51.29%. Given The Arena Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe The Arena Group is more favorable than Gray Media.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Arena Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Gray Media
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Gray Media has higher revenue and earnings than The Arena Group. Gray Media 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$128.78M2.44-$55.58M$0.05132.20
Gray Media$3.64B0.30$375M$2.314.61

Summary

Gray Media beats The Arena Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AREN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AREN vs. The Competition

MetricThe Arena GroupCable & other pay television services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$314.38M$299.76M$14.77B$20.69B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.81%3.67%
P/E Ratio-1.56N/A24.0529.07
Price / Sales2.441.3968.5366.37
Price / CashN/AN/A26.9422.84
Price / Book-2.67N/A5.074.43
Net Income-$55.58M-$90.80M$195.86M$994.22M
7 Day Performance8.36%4.18%-4.24%-3.35%
1 Month Performance9.44%4.72%-1.10%-2.06%
1 Year Performance618.48%309.24%28.98%10.15%

The Arena Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AREN
The Arena Group
1.8784 of 5 stars
$6.61
+8.2%
$10.00
+51.3%
+642.7%$314.38M$128.78M-1.56360
GTN.A
Gray Media
N/A$11.10
-1.4%
N/A+20.2%$1.13B$3.64B4.818,610News Coverage
CABO
Cable One
4.3023 of 5 stars
$148.26
+5.7%
$309.25
+108.6%
-66.1%$834.23M$1.56B-59.062,817News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
GTN
Gray Media
4.7886 of 5 stars
$4.96
+0.2%
$6.17
+24.3%
-26.6%$503.15M$3.60B2.159,502Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
ATEX
Anterix
2.2551 of 5 stars
$22.20
-1.6%
$67.00
+201.8%
-44.5%$414.86M$6.03M-35.2170
TSAT
Telesat
0.8176 of 5 stars
$27.52
+2.7%
N/A+194.7%$375.31M$416.79M-6.16470News Coverage
SPIR
Spire Global
2.2467 of 5 stars
$10.79
-10.6%
$18.20
+68.8%
-23.4%$335.07M$110.45M-3.10370Gap Down
WOW
WideOpenWest
2.2517 of 5 stars
$3.85
+1.2%
$6.50
+69.1%
-36.4%$328.66M$619.40M-5.491,320News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.1435 of 5 stars
$3.31
+1.6%
$6.00
+81.1%
-17.6%$288.13M$2.51B3.575,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
IHRT
iHeartMedia
2.5214 of 5 stars
$1.91
+1.9%
$2.92
+53.1%
+5.2%$281.22M$3.85B-0.2310,100Gap Down
CXDO
Crexendo
2.7664 of 5 stars
$5.83
+3.0%
$8.38
+43.7%
+29.3%$169.25M$60.84M72.88120Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:AREN) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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