Gray Television (GTN.A) Competitors

Gray Television (NYSE:GTN.A) and VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Do analysts prefer GTN.A or VEON?

VEON has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.36%. Given VEON's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VEON is more favorable than Gray Television.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gray Television	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
VEON	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is GTN.A or VEON more profitable?

Gray Television has a net margin of 5.69% compared to VEON's net margin of -81.71%. VEON's return on equity of 36.48% beat Gray Television's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gray Television	5.69%	9.60%	1.85%
VEON	-81.71%	36.48%	5.49%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GTN.A or VEON?

0.3% of Gray Television shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of VEON shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Gray Television shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, GTN.A or VEON?

Gray Television has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VEON. Gray Television is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VEON, 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
Gray Television	$3.64B	0.22	-$76M	$3.33	2.33
VEON	$3.96B	0.84	-$2.53B	$5.73	7.85

Does the media refer more to GTN.A or VEON?

In the previous week, VEON had 5 more articles in the media than Gray Television. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for VEON and 4 mentions for Gray Television. Gray Television's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat VEON's score of 0.53 indicating that Gray Television is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gray Television	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
VEON	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, GTN.A or VEON?

Gray Television has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VEON has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GTN.A or VEON?

VEON received 260 more outperform votes than Gray Television when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.82% of users gave Gray Television an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave VEON an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gray Television	Outperform Votes 149 66.82%	Underperform Votes 74 33.18%
VEON	Outperform Votes 409 57.93%	Underperform Votes 297 42.07%

Is GTN.A or VEON a better dividend stock?

Gray Television pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. VEON pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Gray Television pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VEON pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

VEON beats Gray Television on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.