BuzzFeed (BZFD) Competitors

BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) and The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, BZFD or AREN?

BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.54, suggesting that its share price is 254% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Arena Group has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BZFD or AREN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BuzzFeed	-22.51%	-33.17%	-8.70%
The Arena Group	-70.59%	N/A	-15.23%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BZFD or AREN?

37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of The Arena Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BZFD or AREN?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BuzzFeed	Outperform Votes 2 11.11%	Underperform Votes 16 88.89%
The Arena Group	Outperform Votes 4 36.36%	Underperform Votes 7 63.64%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BZFD or AREN?

The Arena Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BuzzFeed	$188.90M	0.46	-$88.58M	$0.33	6.85
The Arena Group	$128.78M	1.76	-$55.58M	$0.05	95.20

Does the media prefer BZFD or AREN?

In the previous week, BuzzFeed had 1 more articles in the media than The Arena Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BuzzFeed and 1 mentions for The Arena Group. BuzzFeed's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat The Arena Group's score of 0.56 indicating that BuzzFeed is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BuzzFeed	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
The Arena Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

The Arena Group beats BuzzFeed on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.