Charge Enterprises (CRGE) Competitors

Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) and Charge Enterprises (NASDAQ:CRGE) 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, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GTN or CRGE?

Gray Media has higher revenue and earnings than Charge Enterprises. Charge Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gray Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gray Media	$3.64B	0.14	$375M	$2.31	2.12
Charge Enterprises	$641.37M	0.17	-$30.35M	-$0.20	-2.50

Do analysts recommend GTN or CRGE?

Gray Media presently has a consensus price target of $6.17, suggesting a potential upside of 26.11%. Given Gray Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gray Media is more favorable than Charge Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gray Media	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Charge Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, GTN or CRGE?

Gray Media has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charge Enterprises has a beta of 2.49, suggesting that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GTN or CRGE?

78.6% of Gray Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.2% of Charge Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Gray Media shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Charge Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GTN or CRGE more profitable?

Gray Media has a net margin of 7.72% compared to Charge Enterprises' net margin of -5.76%. Gray Media's return on equity of 12.75% beat Charge Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gray Media	7.72%	12.75%	2.63%
Charge Enterprises	-5.76%	-136.79%	-20.11%

Does the media refer more to GTN or CRGE?

In the previous week, Gray Media had 2 more articles in the media than Charge Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gray Media and 2 mentions for Charge Enterprises. Charge Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Gray Media's score of 0.06 indicating that Charge Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gray Media	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Charge Enterprises	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Gray Media beats Charge Enterprises on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.