Gray Television (GTN.A) Competitors

Gray Television (NYSE:GTN.A) and Cable One (NYSE:CABO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GTN.A or CABO?

Cable One has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gray Television. Gray Television is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cable One, 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	$3.46B	0.20	-$76M	$1.50	4.54
Cable One	$1.68B	0.93	$224.62M	$43.24	6.43

Is GTN.A or CABO more profitable?

Cable One has a net margin of 15.86% compared to Gray Television's net margin of 5.69%. Cable One's return on equity of 10.98% beat Gray Television's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gray Television	5.69%	9.60%	1.85%
Cable One	15.86%	10.98%	3.04%

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

Gray Television has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cable One has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Cable One received 150 more outperform votes than Gray Television when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.82% of users gave Gray Television an outperform vote while only 60.90% of users gave Cable One an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gray Television	Outperform Votes 149 66.82%	Underperform Votes 74 33.18%
Cable One	Outperform Votes 299 60.90%	Underperform Votes 192 39.10%

Is GTN.A or CABO a better dividend stock?

Gray Television pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Cable One pays an annual dividend of $11.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Gray Television pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cable One pays out 27.3% 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. Gray Television is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

In the previous week, Cable One had 1 more articles in the media than Gray Television. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cable One and 1 mentions for Gray Television. Gray Television's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Cable One'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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cable One	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Do analysts prefer GTN.A or CABO?

Cable One has a consensus target price of $554.40, indicating a potential upside of 99.40%. Given Cable One's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cable One 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
Cable One	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GTN.A or CABO?

0.3% of Gray Television shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Cable One shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Gray Television shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Cable One shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cable One beats Gray Television on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.