BZFD vs. SPIR, SSP, AREN, IHRT, CXDO, CRGE, TSQ, 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), The Arena Group (AREN), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Crexendo (CXDO), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Creatd (VOCL), Saga Communications (SGA), and uCloudlink Group (UCL). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
BuzzFeed vs. Its Competitors
BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) and Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
BuzzFeed has higher revenue and earnings than Spire Global. 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.
In the previous week, Spire Global's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat BuzzFeed's score of 0.00 indicating that Spire Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BuzzFeed has a net margin of 6.37% compared to Spire Global's net margin of -98.42%. BuzzFeed's return on equity of -24.44% beat Spire Global's return on equity.
37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.0% of Spire Global shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of BuzzFeed shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Spire Global 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.
Spire Global has a consensus price target of $18.20, indicating a potential upside of 52.75%. Given Spire Global's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Spire Global is more favorable than BuzzFeed.
BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.46, meaning that its stock price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spire Global has a beta of 2.4, meaning that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BuzzFeed beats Spire Global on 12 of the 16 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 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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