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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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BuzzFeed4.75% -28.11% -11.14%
The Arena Group -70.59%N/A -15.23%

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.

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

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BuzzFeed
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
The Arena Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BuzzFeed$189.89M0.32-$10.10M$0.256.64
The Arena Group$146.61M1.53-$55.58M$2.611.82

Summary

The Arena Group beats BuzzFeed on 9 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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BZFD vs. The Competition

MetricBuzzFeedMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$59.26M$16.40B$8.16B$10.30B
Dividend YieldN/A2.93%3.16%4.82%
P/E Ratio6.6435.4917.8927.10
Price / Sales0.323.236.01133.24
Price / CashN/A17.4614.2630.18
Price / Book0.592.034.876.69
Net Income-$10.10M$446.53M$255.96M$276.55M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-1.62%-1.12%-0.40%
1 Month Performance-17.00%-3.36%-4.41%6.53%
1 Year Performance-31.69%18.28%31.70%41.04%

BuzzFeed Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BZFD
BuzzFeed
2.5491 of 5 stars
$1.66
+3.8%
N/A-29.7%$59.26M$189.89M6.641,520Gap Up
AREN
The Arena Group
2.7026 of 5 stars
$5.11
+3.2%
$12.00
+134.8%
+521.2%$242.55M$146.61M-1.20360
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.03 of 5 stars
$2.41
-2.8%
$5.50
+128.2%
-18.8%$219.07M$2.51B5.025,000
CXDO
Crexendo
3.6821 of 5 stars
$6.39
+0.9%
$8.60
+34.6%
+19.3%$190.97M$60.84M63.91120
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.9207 of 5 stars
$6.51
+0.6%
$17.00
+161.2%
-41.5%$106.40M$447.25M3.222,049
SGA
Saga Communications
4.1375 of 5 stars
$13.03
+0.4%
N/A-12.9%$83.59M$110.35M39.48570High Trading Volume
UCL
uCloudlink Group
1.4804 of 5 stars
$2.21
+2.3%
N/A+80.2%$81.64M$91.64M44.20490
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.37
-0.4%
N/A+7.0%$79.24M$641.37M-1.84290Gap Down
MDIA
MediaCo
2.2418 of 5 stars
$1.27
+0.8%
N/A+8.0%$68.18M$121.94M3.74190
UONE
Radio One
1.2084 of 5 stars
$1.41
+7.7%
N/A-2.9%$59.44M$449.67M-0.411,160High Trading Volume
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.20
-7.0%
N/A-39.4%$55.67M$4.80M-0.20186

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This page (NASDAQ:BZFD) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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