TEGNA (TGNA) Competitors

TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) and KT (NYSE:KT) are both communication companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Is TGNA or KT more profitable?

TEGNA has a net margin of 15.29% compared to KT's net margin of 2.37%. TEGNA's return on equity of 17.13% beat KT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TEGNA	15.29%	17.13%	6.94%
KT	2.37%	3.47%	1.52%

Which has more volatility & risk, TGNA or KT?

TEGNA has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KT has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TGNA or KT a better dividend stock?

TEGNA pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. KT pays an annual dividend of $0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. TEGNA pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. KT pays out 75.0% 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. TEGNA has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TGNA or KT?

TEGNA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KT. TEGNA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than KT, 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
TEGNA	$3.10B	0.88	$599.82M	$2.84	5.99
KT	$19.37B	0.56	$321.90M	$0.92	22.78

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TGNA or KT?

92.2% of TEGNA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of KT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of TEGNA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of KT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate TGNA or KT?

TEGNA currently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.61%. Given TEGNA's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TEGNA is more favorable than KT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TEGNA	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
KT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Does the media favor TGNA or KT?

In the previous week, KT had 4 more articles in the media than TEGNA. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for KT and 6 mentions for TEGNA. TEGNA's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat KT's score of 0.14 indicating that TEGNA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TEGNA	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
KT	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

TEGNA beats KT on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.