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