BZFD vs. AREN, SSP, CXDO, TSQ, SGA, UCL, CRGE, MDIA, UONE, and VOCL
Should you be buying BuzzFeed stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BuzzFeed include The Arena Group (AREN), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Saga Communications (SGA), uCloudlink Group (UCL), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), MediaCo (MDIA), Radio One (UONE), and Creatd (VOCL). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
BuzzFeed vs. Its Competitors
BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) and The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.
BuzzFeed has a net margin of 4.75% 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.
37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of The Arena Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of BuzzFeed shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, BuzzFeed had 2 more articles in the media than The Arena Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BuzzFeed and 1 mentions for The Arena Group. The Arena Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat BuzzFeed's score of 0.83 indicating that The Arena Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.4, indicating that its stock price is 240% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Arena Group has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Arena Group has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 153.16%. Given The Arena Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Arena Group is more favorable than BuzzFeed.
BuzzFeed has higher revenue and earnings than The Arena Group. The Arena Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BuzzFeed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Arena Group beats BuzzFeed on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff