TGNA vs. PARA, NXST, SBGI, TV, GTN.A, GTN, EVC, SSP, FENG, and FOXA
Should you be buying TEGNA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TEGNA include Paramount Global (PARA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Sinclair (SBGI), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Gray Television (GTN.A), Gray Television (GTN), Entravision Communications (EVC), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Phoenix New Media (FENG), and FOX (FOXA). These companies are all part of the "television broadcasting stations" industry.
TEGNA vs.
Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) and TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
TEGNA has a net margin of 16.75% compared to Paramount Global's net margin of -18.89%. TEGNA's return on equity of 14.49% beat Paramount Global's return on equity.
TEGNA received 435 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.86% of users gave TEGNA an outperform vote while only 14.86% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.
Paramount Global currently has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.77%. TEGNA has a consensus price target of $21.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.32%. Given TEGNA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TEGNA is more favorable than Paramount Global.
Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. TEGNA pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Paramount Global pays out -2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TEGNA pays out 17.7% 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 lower revenue, but higher earnings than Paramount Global. Paramount Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TEGNA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Paramount Global had 8 more articles in the media than TEGNA. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Paramount Global and 4 mentions for TEGNA. TEGNA's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Paramount Global's score of 0.52 indicating that TEGNA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Paramount Global has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TEGNA has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
73.0% of Paramount Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of TEGNA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Paramount Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TEGNA shares are held by 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.
Summary
TEGNA beats Paramount Global on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TGNA) was last updated on 1/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
