BZFD vs. AREN, CRGE, SSP, IHRT, CXDO, VOCL, TSQ, SGA, UONE, and MDIA
Should you be buying BuzzFeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BuzzFeed include The Arena Group (AREN), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), E.W. Scripps (SSP), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Crexendo (CXDO), Creatd (VOCL), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Saga Communications (SGA), Urban One (UONE), and MediaCo (MDIA). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
BuzzFeed vs.
The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) and BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, The Arena Group and The Arena Group both had 3 articles in the media. BuzzFeed's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat The Arena Group's score of 0.41 indicating that BuzzFeed is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BuzzFeed has a net margin of -22.51% compared to The Arena Group's net margin of -70.59%. The Arena Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat BuzzFeed's return on equity.
85.6% of The Arena Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Arena Group has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.58, meaning that its stock price is 258% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Arena Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Arena Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Arena Group received 2 more outperform votes than BuzzFeed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 36.36% of users gave The Arena Group an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave BuzzFeed an outperform vote.
Summary
The Arena Group beats BuzzFeed on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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