Glacier Media (GVC) Competitors

GameSquare (CVE:GAME) and Glacier Media (TSE:GVC) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GAME or GVC?

Glacier Media received 107 more outperform votes than GameSquare when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.42% of users gave GameSquare an outperform vote while only 61.23% of users gave Glacier Media an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GameSquare	Outperform Votes 32 74.42%	Underperform Votes 11 25.58%
Glacier Media	Outperform Votes 139 61.23%	Underperform Votes 88 38.77%

Is GAME or GVC more profitable?

GameSquare has a net margin of -50.41% compared to Glacier Media's net margin of -63.78%. Glacier Media's return on equity of -89.90% beat GameSquare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GameSquare	-50.41%	-145.94%	-48.10%
Glacier Media	-63.78%	-89.90%	-3.30%

Does the media refer more to GAME or GVC?

In the previous week, GameSquare had 4 more articles in the media than Glacier Media. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for GameSquare and 0 mentions for Glacier Media. GameSquare's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Glacier Media's score of 0.00 indicating that GameSquare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GameSquare	Neutral
Glacier Media	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, GAME or GVC?

GameSquare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Glacier Media. Glacier Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GameSquare, 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
GameSquare	C$41.49M	1.32	-C$21.22M	-C$9.38	-0.19
Glacier Media	C$146.68M	0.14	-C$93.56M	-C$0.72	-0.22

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GAME or GVC?

4.4% of GameSquare shares are held by institutional investors. 42.6% of GameSquare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 61.8% of Glacier Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, GAME or GVC?

GameSquare has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glacier Media has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GameSquare beats Glacier Media on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.