SSP vs. EVC, GTN, GTN.A, SBGI, COOK, WEYS, GPRO, SGC, SNBR, and WOW
Should you be buying E.W. Scripps stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of E.W. Scripps include Entravision Communications (EVC), Gray Television (GTN), Gray Television (GTN.A), Sinclair (SBGI), Traeger (COOK), Weyco Group (WEYS), GoPro (GPRO), Superior Group of Companies (SGC), Sleep Number (SNBR), and WideOpenWest (WOW). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC) and E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) 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, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Entravision Communications has a net margin of -1.39% compared to Entravision Communications' net margin of -41.33%. Entravision Communications' return on equity of 1.81% beat E.W. Scripps' return on equity.
E.W. Scripps has a consensus target price of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 206.31%. Given Entravision Communications' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than Entravision Communications.
In the previous week, E.W. Scripps had 3 more articles in the media than Entravision Communications. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for E.W. Scripps and 2 mentions for Entravision Communications. Entravision Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat E.W. Scripps' score of 0.00 indicating that E.W. Scripps is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Entravision Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than E.W. Scripps. Entravision Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than E.W. Scripps, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Entravision Communications received 284 more outperform votes than E.W. Scripps when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.46% of users gave Entravision Communications an outperform vote while only 34.78% of users gave E.W. Scripps an outperform vote.
Entravision Communications has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.5% of Entravision Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Entravision Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
E.W. Scripps beats Entravision Communications on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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