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BZFD vs. WOW, SSP, IHRT, AREN, CXDO, TSQ, VOCL, SGA, UONE, and UCL

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

BuzzFeed vs. Its Competitors

BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) and WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

BuzzFeed has a net margin of 6.37% compared to WideOpenWest's net margin of -9.32%. BuzzFeed's return on equity of -24.44% beat WideOpenWest's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BuzzFeed6.37% -24.44% -8.70%
WideOpenWest -9.32%-26.90%-3.83%

BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.46, suggesting that its share price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of WideOpenWest 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.

WideOpenWest has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 68.61%. Given WideOpenWest's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than BuzzFeed.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BuzzFeed
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00
WideOpenWest
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

BuzzFeed has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest 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
BuzzFeed$189.89M0.49-$10.10M$0.337.36
WideOpenWest$630.90M0.52-$58.80M-$0.70-5.51

In the previous week, BuzzFeed had 2 more articles in the media than WideOpenWest. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BuzzFeed and 1 mentions for WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat BuzzFeed's score of 0.00 indicating that WideOpenWest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BuzzFeed
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
WideOpenWest
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

BuzzFeed beats WideOpenWest on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$98.62M$17.16B$8.41B$9.48B
Dividend YieldN/A2.48%3.08%3.99%
P/E Ratio7.3641.7621.2819.95
Price / Sales0.493.013.29102.01
Price / CashN/A17.8916.9358.97
Price / Book0.872.074.855.90
Net Income-$10.10M-$285.69M$215.28M$258.42M
7 Day Performance6.58%2.74%2.13%2.12%
1 Month Performance22.73%13.96%42.52%12.46%
1 Year Performance-11.31%50.52%16.57%19.56%

BuzzFeed Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.2177 of 5 stars
$2.43
-5.1%
N/A-11.3%$98.62M$189.89M7.361,520
WOW
WideOpenWest
3.2292 of 5 stars
$3.80
-1.4%
$6.50
+71.3%
-24.3%$329.08M$630.90M-5.421,320
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.2587 of 5 stars
$3.26
-0.3%
$6.00
+84.0%
-6.9%$286.81M$2.51B3.545,000
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.4418 of 5 stars
$1.87
-1.6%
$2.92
+56.0%
+31.2%$280.48M$3.85B-0.2210,100News Coverage
AREN
The Arena Group
2.3658 of 5 stars
$5.78
+10.3%
$10.00
+73.0%
+570.4%$274.90M$128.78M-1.36360
CXDO
Crexendo
2.5887 of 5 stars
$5.66
-0.7%
$8.38
+48.0%
+52.2%$165.47M$60.84M70.76120
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.6806 of 5 stars
$7.19
-6.7%
$17.00
+136.4%
-38.1%$126.07M$450.02M-5.412,049
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.39
+7.1%
N/A-65.9%$107.33M$4.80M-0.39186Gap Down
SGA
Saga Communications
3.4634 of 5 stars
$13.20
-0.5%
N/A-9.9%$85.42M$110.29M24.00570
UONE
Radio One
0.4395 of 5 stars
$1.84
+2.8%
N/A-16.6%$81.75M$449.67M-0.691,160
UCL
uCloudlink Group
1.7319 of 5 stars
$2.39
+11.2%
N/A+76.8%$81.27M$91.64M26.56490Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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