GTN.A vs. LBTYK, TGNA, GSAT, NMAX, ADEA, GOGO, LILAK, LILA, TV, and ATUS
Should you be buying Gray Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gray Media include Liberty Global (LBTYK), TEGNA (TGNA), Globalstar (GSAT), Newsmax (NMAX), Adeia (ADEA), Gogo (GOGO), Liberty Global (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Grupo Televisa (TV), and Altice USA (ATUS). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Gray Media vs. Its Competitors
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYK) and Gray Media (NYSE:GTN.A) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
46.1% of Liberty Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Gray Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Liberty Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Gray Media shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty Global has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gray Media has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gray Media has a net margin of 5.64% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -60.38%. Gray Media's return on equity of 10.31% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.
In the previous week, Liberty Global had 4 more articles in the media than Gray Media. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Liberty Global and 7 mentions for Gray Media. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Gray Media's score of 0.33 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liberty Global has higher revenue and earnings than Gray Media. Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gray Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gray Media beats Liberty Global on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:GTN.A) was last updated on 8/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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