Gray Television (GTN.A) Competitors

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(As of 05/10/2024 ET)

GTN.A vs. SBGI, GTN, SSP, TV, TGNA, AMC, SWBI, MNRO, MBUU, and IMAX

Should you be buying Gray Television stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gray Television include Sinclair (SBGI), Gray Television (GTN), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), TEGNA (TGNA), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI), Monro (MNRO), Malibu Boats (MBUU), and IMAX (IMAX). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Gray Television vs.

Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) and Gray Television (NYSE:GTN.A) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Gray Television has a net margin of 1.30% compared to Gray Television's net margin of -14.34%. Sinclair's return on equity of 2.13% beat Gray Television's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sinclair-14.34% -2.36% -0.19%
Gray Television 1.30%2.13%0.40%

Sinclair has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gray Television has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sinclair presently has a consensus price target of $18.14, suggesting a potential upside of 20.93%. Given Gray Television's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sinclair is more favorable than Gray Television.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sinclair
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Gray Television
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Sinclair received 294 more outperform votes than Gray Television when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.82% of users gave Gray Television an outperform vote while only 63.47% of users gave Sinclair an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SinclairOutperform Votes
443
63.47%
Underperform Votes
255
36.53%
Gray TelevisionOutperform Votes
149
66.82%
Underperform Votes
74
33.18%

Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Gray Television pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Sinclair pays out -14.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gray Television pays out -266.7% 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.

41.7% of Sinclair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Gray Television shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.6% of Sinclair shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Gray Television shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Gray Television has higher revenue and earnings than Sinclair. Gray Television is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sinclair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sinclair$3.13B0.30-$291M-$7.12-2.11
Gray Television$3.28B0.24-$76M-$0.12-66.67

In the previous week, Sinclair had 13 more articles in the media than Gray Television. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Sinclair and 10 mentions for Gray Television. Gray Television's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Sinclair's score of 0.27 indicating that Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sinclair
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Gray Television
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Sinclair beats Gray Television on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GTN.A and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GTN.A vs. The Competition

MetricGray TelevisionTelevision broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$777.64M$5.51B$6.75B$17.89B
Dividend Yield4.00%3.36%2.73%3.47%
P/E Ratio-66.678.8615.8022.86
Price / Sales0.240.805.6610.04
Price / Cash2.044.7325.2617.93
Price / Book0.381.077.176.05
Net Income-$76M$42.59M$193.32M$966.66M
7 Day Performance-9.05%1.42%0.86%1.48%
1 Month Performance13.48%6.09%1.63%2.59%
1 Year Performance1.01%-12.70%4.82%131.38%

Gray Television Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBGI
Sinclair
3.6654 of 5 stars
$12.30
-1.8%
$18.14
+47.5%
-2.7%$782.28M$3.13B-2.557,300Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
GTN
Gray Television
4.4324 of 5 stars
$5.75
-2.0%
$12.80
+122.6%
-5.1%$558.90M$3.28B-4.149,923Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.0522 of 5 stars
$3.76
-2.6%
$11.33
+201.4%
-52.4%$318.92M$2.29B-0.325,200Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
TV
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
3.6223 of 5 stars
$2.93
-7.3%
$5.28
+80.2%
-31.8%$1.62B$4.16B-3.3737,374
TGNA
TEGNA
2.8655 of 5 stars
$13.64
-0.7%
$17.00
+24.6%
-4.3%$2.40B$2.91B6.046,200Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AMC
AMC Entertainment
2.6139 of 5 stars
$2.93
-3.3%
$5.95
+103.1%
-92.5%$771.41M$4.81B-1.2533,812Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
SWBI
Smith & Wesson Brands
2.6827 of 5 stars
$16.97
-0.4%
$18.00
+6.1%
+36.0%$782.32M$479.24M29.771,690Positive News
MNRO
Monro
2.4748 of 5 stars
$27.25
-2.5%
$35.00
+28.4%
-45.4%$814.78M$1.33B25.478,600Upcoming Earnings
MBUU
Malibu Boats
3.7726 of 5 stars
$34.02
-2.2%
$49.00
+44.0%
-34.8%$695.03M$1.39B10.903,095Insider Buying
News Coverage
IMAX
IMAX
2.5136 of 5 stars
$16.01
-6.3%
$20.57
+28.5%
-13.3%$842.45M$374.84M33.35669Short Interest ↑
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This page (NYSE:GTN.A) was last updated on 5/12/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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