TGNA vs. TV, SBGI, GTN.A, GTN, NXST, PARA, MANU, CENTA, SPB, and PENN
Should you be buying TEGNA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TEGNA include Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Sinclair (SBGI), Gray Television (GTN.A), Gray Television (GTN), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Paramount Global (PARA), Manchester United (MANU), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Spectrum Brands (SPB), and PENN Entertainment (PENN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (NYSE:TV) and TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.
TEGNA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TEGNA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TEGNA received 172 more outperform votes than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave TEGNA an outperform vote while only 54.16% of users gave Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. an outperform vote.
In the previous week, TEGNA had 5 more articles in the media than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for TEGNA and 3 mentions for Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat TEGNA's score of 0.95 indicating that TEGNA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TEGNA has a net margin of 19.48% compared to TEGNA's net margin of -11.78%. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s return on equity of 11.86% beat TEGNA's return on equity.
55.8% of Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of TEGNA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TEGNA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. TEGNA pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. pays out -10.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TEGNA pays out 16.1% 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. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and TEGNA has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. TEGNA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TEGNA has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. presently has a consensus price target of $5.28, suggesting a potential upside of 67.62%. TEGNA has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.08%. Given TEGNA's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. is more favorable than TEGNA.
Summary
TEGNA beats Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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