PARA vs. NXST, TGNA, PARAA, FOX, NWS, SBGI, GTN, FUBO, SSP, and IHRT
Should you be buying Paramount Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Global include Nexstar Media Group (NXST), TEGNA (TGNA), Paramount Global (PARAA), FOX (FOX), News (NWS), Sinclair (SBGI), Gray Television (GTN), fuboTV (FUBO), E.W. Scripps (SSP), and iHeartMedia (IHRT). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) and Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Nexstar Media Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Paramount Global. Paramount Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexstar Media Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nexstar Media Group pays an annual dividend of $6.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Nexstar Media Group pays out 70.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Global pays out -133.3% 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. Nexstar Media Group has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Nexstar Media Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Paramount Global had 57 more articles in the media than Nexstar Media Group. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Paramount Global and 7 mentions for Nexstar Media Group. Paramount Global's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Nexstar Media Group's score of 0.16 indicating that Nexstar Media Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Global has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Nexstar Media Group received 494 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.25% of users gave Nexstar Media Group an outperform vote while only 14.84% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.
Nexstar Media Group presently has a consensus price target of $193.83, indicating a potential upside of 16.49%. Paramount Global has a consensus price target of $13.58, indicating a potential upside of 5.34%. Given Paramount Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nexstar Media Group is more favorable than Paramount Global.
95.3% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Paramount Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Paramount Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Nexstar Media Group has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Nexstar Media Group's net margin of -0.15%. Paramount Global's return on equity of 14.06% beat Nexstar Media Group's return on equity.
Summary
Nexstar Media Group beats Paramount Global on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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