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BZFD vs. SSP, CXDO, TSQ, CRGE, UCL, VOCL, SGA, UONE, MDIA, and UONEK

Should you be buying BuzzFeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BuzzFeed include E.W. Scripps (SSP), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), uCloudlink Group (UCL), Creatd (VOCL), Saga Communications (SGA), Radio One (UONE), MediaCo (MDIA), and Radio One (UONEK). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

BuzzFeed vs. Its Competitors

E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) and BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

BuzzFeed has a net margin of 4.75% compared to E.W. Scripps' net margin of 4.25%. E.W. Scripps' return on equity of 17.68% beat BuzzFeed's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
E.W. Scripps4.25% 17.68% 2.98%
BuzzFeed 4.75%-28.11%-11.14%

E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.45, suggesting that its share price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, BuzzFeed had 5 more articles in the media than E.W. Scripps. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BuzzFeed and 4 mentions for E.W. Scripps. E.W. Scripps' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat BuzzFeed's score of 0.24 indicating that E.W. Scripps is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
E.W. Scripps
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BuzzFeed
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of E.W. Scripps shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of BuzzFeed 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.

E.W. Scripps has higher revenue and earnings than BuzzFeed. E.W. Scripps is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BuzzFeed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
E.W. Scripps$2.44B0.11$87.60M$0.486.06
BuzzFeed$189.89M0.39-$10.10M$0.258.00

E.W. Scripps presently has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 89.00%. Given E.W. Scripps' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than BuzzFeed.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
E.W. Scripps
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
BuzzFeed
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

Summary

E.W. Scripps beats BuzzFeed on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BZFD 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 NASDAQ 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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BZFD vs. The Competition

MetricBuzzFeedMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$76.67M$16.67B$8.40B$10.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.71%2.99%4.60%
P/E Ratio8.0035.5918.5525.98
Price / Sales0.393.165.23181.19
Price / CashN/A19.8717.0560.44
Price / Book0.722.155.106.29
Net Income-$10.10M$445.68M$256.92M$271.07M
7 Day Performance7.53%3.54%2.05%3.87%
1 Month Performance-3.85%2.96%18.15%4.88%
1 Year Performance-25.09%45.64%52.01%26.12%

BuzzFeed Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.737 of 5 stars
$2.00
-3.4%
N/A-20.3%$76.67M$189.89M8.001,520News Coverage
Insider Trade
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.3045 of 5 stars
$2.99
+1.4%
$5.50
+83.9%
+62.6%$260.58M$2.51B6.235,000Positive News
CXDO
Crexendo
3.8125 of 5 stars
$6.42
-2.6%
$8.60
+34.0%
+44.0%$198.82M$60.84M64.21120
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.7945 of 5 stars
$7.34
+2.1%
$17.00
+131.6%
-27.5%$118.24M$450.98M3.632,049News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.55
+7.6%
N/A-18.9%$118.06M$641.37M-2.74290Gap Down
UCL
uCloudlink Group
1.8632 of 5 stars
$2.86
-4.0%
N/A+87.7%$112.64M$91.64M57.20490News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.34
-9.4%
N/A-45.5%$94.08M$4.80M-0.34186Gap Down
SGA
Saga Communications
4.2325 of 5 stars
$12.05
+1.3%
N/A-18.0%$76.64M$110.29M36.52570News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
UONE
Radio One
1.831 of 5 stars
$1.54
-4.9%
N/A-27.8%$73.51M$411.39M-0.451,160News Coverage
MDIA
MediaCo
2.8611 of 5 stars
$1.50
+11.1%
N/A-30.7%$72.47M$121.94M4.41190News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
UONEK
Radio One
1.7349 of 5 stars
$0.88
-6.4%
N/A-37.4%$42.65M$449.67M-0.251,396Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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