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