Gray Television (GTN.A) Competitors

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

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

Gray Television has higher earnings, but lower revenue than VEON.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gray Television	$3.28B	0.21	-$76M	$1.50	4.59
VEON	$3.70B	0.68	-$2.53B	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

VEON received 258 more outperform votes than Gray Television when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.82% of users gave Gray Television an outperform vote while only 57.81% 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 407 57.81%	Underperform Votes 297 42.19%

Is GTN.A or VEON more profitable?

Gray Television has a net margin of 5.69% compared to VEON's net margin of -77.48%. VEON's return on equity of 28.73% 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	-77.48%	28.73%	3.54%

Does the media prefer GTN.A or VEON?

In the previous week, VEON had 14 more articles in the media than Gray Television. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for VEON and 5 mentions for Gray Television. VEON's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Gray Television's score of 0.11 indicating that VEON is being referred to more favorably in the news 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)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
VEON	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

Gray Television has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VEON has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend GTN.A or VEON?

VEON has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.76%. Given VEON's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

Summary

VEON beats Gray Television on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.