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BZFD vs. SPIR, SSP, IHRT, CXDO, CRGE, TSQ, UONE, VOCL, SGA, and UCL

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

BuzzFeed vs.

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

Spire Global has a consensus price target of $18.20, indicating a potential upside of 61.35%. Given Spire Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Spire Global 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)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Spire Global
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

In the previous week, Spire Global had 2 more articles in the media than BuzzFeed. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Spire Global and 2 mentions for BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Spire Global's score of 0.47 indicating that BuzzFeed is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BuzzFeed
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Spire Global
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Spire Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BuzzFeed. Spire Global 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$188.90M0.42-$88.58M$0.336.21
Spire Global$99.50M3.52-$63.96M-$3.48-3.24

Spire Global received 20 more outperform votes than BuzzFeed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.00% of users gave Spire Global an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave BuzzFeed an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BuzzFeedOutperform Votes
2
11.11%
Underperform Votes
16
88.89%
Spire GlobalOutperform Votes
22
55.00%
Underperform Votes
18
45.00%

BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.59, meaning that its stock price is 259% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spire Global has a beta of 2.39, meaning that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Spire Global has a net margin of 0.00% compared to BuzzFeed's net margin of -22.51%. Spire Global'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%
Spire Global N/A N/A N/A

37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.0% of Spire Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Spire Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Spire Global beats BuzzFeed on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BZFD vs. The Competition

MetricBuzzFeedCommunication services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$78.98M$7.10B$7.86B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A6.24%3.25%4.11%
P/E Ratio-1.418.7215.1119.70
Price / Sales0.4282.938.01121.79
Price / CashN/A11.9216.3734.62
Price / Book0.6710.244.774.50
Net Income-$88.58M-$160.13M$257.85M$248.22M
7 Day Performance3.54%-1.52%-1.44%-0.80%
1 Month Performance18.50%6.74%6.47%11.52%
1 Year Performance-22.35%26.45%-1.86%8.99%

BuzzFeed Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.5377 of 5 stars
$2.05
+3.0%
N/A-31.9%$78.98M$188.90M-1.411,520Positive News
SPIR
Spire Global
1.6057 of 5 stars
$9.27
-5.7%
$17.80
+92.1%
+33.5%$286.94M$110.45M-2.66370Positive News
Gap Up
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.1413 of 5 stars
$2.51
+8.2%
$6.25
+149.0%
-27.5%$217.62M$2.51B-0.815,700
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.8558 of 5 stars
$1.29
+2.4%
$2.83
+119.6%
+24.3%$189.86M$3.85B-0.1911,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
CXDO
Crexendo
2.8162 of 5 stars
$5.82
+3.2%
$8.50
+46.0%
+56.2%$168.96M$62.61M194.06120Positive News
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.59
-10.5%
N/A-39.2%$127.68M$641.37M-2.97290
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.5938 of 5 stars
$7.29
+2.0%
$17.00
+133.2%
-40.1%$117.51M$450.98M-2.692,340
UONE
Urban One
N/A$1.68
+2.4%
N/A-21.1%$76.64M$449.67M-0.991,160
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.27
-22.5%
N/A-81.1%$75.43M$4.80M-0.27186Gap Down
SGA
Saga Communications
3.6975 of 5 stars
$11.41
-3.1%
N/A-36.0%$73.50M$112.92M15.85570Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
UCL
uCloudlink Group
1.5268 of 5 stars
$1.32
+12.8%
N/A-10.8%$49.89M$91.64M12.00490News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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