EVC vs. BBGI, SALM, FWONA, NXST, SBGI, GTN, SSP, FENG, FOXA, and FOX
Should you be buying Entravision Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entravision Communications include Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Salem Media Group (SALM), Formula One Group (FWONA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Sinclair (SBGI), Gray Television (GTN), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Phoenix New Media (FENG), FOX (FOXA), and FOX (FOX). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC) and Beasley Broadcast Group (NASDAQ:BBGI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Entravision Communications has a net margin of -5.79% compared to Beasley Broadcast Group's net margin of -29.37%. Beasley Broadcast Group's return on equity of -2.24% beat Entravision Communications' return on equity.
Entravision Communications received 87 more outperform votes than Beasley Broadcast Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.33% of users gave Entravision Communications an outperform vote while only 47.34% of users gave Beasley Broadcast Group an outperform vote.
Entravision Communications has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beasley Broadcast Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Entravision Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Beasley Broadcast Group. Entravision Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beasley Broadcast Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Beasley Broadcast Group had 1 more articles in the media than Entravision Communications. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Beasley Broadcast Group and 2 mentions for Entravision Communications. Beasley Broadcast Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Entravision Communications' score of 0.12 indicating that Beasley Broadcast Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
69.5% of Entravision Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Entravision Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.5% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Entravision Communications beats Beasley Broadcast Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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