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The Arena Group (AREN) Competitors

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$1.52 +0.01 (+0.66%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

AREN vs. SSP, TSQ, CRGE, CXDO, BZFD, SGA, UONE, MDIA, UCL, and UONEK

Should you be buying The Arena Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Arena Group include E.W. Scripps (SSP), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Crexendo (CXDO), BuzzFeed (BZFD), Saga Communications (SGA), Urban One (UONE), MediaCo (MDIA), uCloudlink Group (UCL), and Urban One (UONEK). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

The Arena Group vs.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Arena GroupOutperform Votes
4
36.36%
Underperform Votes
7
63.64%
E.W. ScrippsOutperform Votes
11
33.33%
Underperform Votes
22
66.67%

In the previous week, The Arena Group had 6 more articles in the media than E.W. Scripps. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for The Arena Group and 3 mentions for E.W. Scripps. E.W. Scripps' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat The Arena Group's score of 0.16 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)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
E.W. Scripps
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

The Arena Group has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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. 9.5% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

E.W. Scripps has a consensus target price of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 204.23%. Given E.W. Scripps' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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

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%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Arena Group$237.84M0.19-$55.58M-$4.25-0.36
E.W. Scripps$2.40B0.07-$998.09M-$3.10-0.61

Summary

E.W. Scripps beats The Arena Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$44.83M$13.47B$6.94B$19.88B
Dividend YieldN/A3.49%2.92%3.52%
P/E Ratio-0.369.2446.3242.94
Price / Sales0.191.85205.2319.18
Price / CashN/A4.7824.4017.86
Price / Book-0.611.725.095.52
Net Income-$55.58M$469.62M$121.42M$986.45M
7 Day Performance156.22%6.92%0.18%0.45%
1 Month Performance103.03%1.77%8.46%1.05%
1 Year Performance-47.67%-9.78%30.83%24.67%

The Arena Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$1.52
+0.7%
N/A-49.5%$44.39M$244.20M-0.36360
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.2947 of 5 stars
$1.89
+6.2%
$5.75
+204.2%
-75.5%$163.23M$2.40B-0.615,200Positive News
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.6861 of 5 stars
$9.83
-0.8%
$16.83
+71.2%
+2.0%$154.07M$454.23M0.002,159Insider Trade
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.69
-22.5%
N/A+141.6%$148.38M$641.37M-3.45290News Coverage
CXDO
Crexendo
3.4191 of 5 stars
$5.17
+1.0%
$6.50
+25.7%
+109.3%$136.78M$53.20M172.39120
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.5733 of 5 stars
$3.03
-5.3%
N/A+142.6%$114.52M$231.67M-2.091,520
SGA
Saga Communications
4.5458 of 5 stars
$12.23
+1.5%
N/A-42.7%$75.45M$112.77M16.99570Dividend Announcement
Positive News
UONE
Urban One
2.3082 of 5 stars
$1.37
-6.2%
N/A-69.1%$70.70M$477.69M0.001,160Positive News
MDIA
MediaCo
N/A$1.22
-3.2%
N/A+125.0%$56.74M$69.30M-0.67190Gap Down
UCL
uCloudlink Group
1.6923 of 5 stars
$1.28
-1.5%
N/A-42.3%$48.68M$85.58M11.64490Gap Down
UONEK
Urban One
0.8683 of 5 stars
$0.97
+1.0%
N/A-77.8%$46.58M$477.69M0.001,398

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This page (NYSE:AREN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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