TGNA vs. TV, SBGI, GTN.A, NXST, PARA, LEG, CENTA, ATAT, SPB, and CUK
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), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Paramount Global (PARA), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Spectrum Brands (SPB), and Carnival Co. & (CUK). 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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
TEGNA has a net margin of 16.38% compared to TEGNA's net margin of -11.78%. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s return on equity of 12.41% beat TEGNA's return on equity.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. currently has a consensus price target of $5.28, indicating a potential upside of 66.56%. TEGNA has a consensus price target of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.97%. Given TEGNA's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. is more favorable than TEGNA.
55.8% of Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of TEGNA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of TEGNA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term 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.
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 173 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 54.07% of users gave Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. had 1 more articles in the media than TEGNA. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. and 2 mentions for TEGNA. TEGNA's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s score of 0.28 indicating that Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. TEGNA pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. pays out -10.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TEGNA pays out 20.4% 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 1 consecutive years.
Summary
TEGNA beats Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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