Crexendo (CXDO) Competitors

Crexendo (NASDAQ:CXDO) and Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Do analysts recommend CXDO or GTN?

Crexendo currently has a consensus price target of $8.60, suggesting a potential upside of 31.60%. Gray Media has a consensus price target of $6.17, suggesting a potential upside of 48.42%. Given Gray Media's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gray Media is more favorable than Crexendo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crexendo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gray Media	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CXDO or GTN?

9.5% of Crexendo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Gray Media shares are held by institutional investors. 56.2% of Crexendo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Gray Media shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CXDO or GTN?

Gray Media has higher revenue and earnings than Crexendo. Gray Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crexendo, 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
Crexendo	$64.48M	2.94	$1.68M	$0.10	65.35
Gray Media	$3.60B	0.12	$375M	$2.31	1.80

Which has more risk and volatility, CXDO or GTN?

Crexendo has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gray Media has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CXDO or GTN?

In the previous week, Gray Media had 5 more articles in the media than Crexendo. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Gray Media and 8 mentions for Crexendo. Crexendo's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Gray Media's score of 0.32 indicating that Crexendo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crexendo	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gray Media	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CXDO or GTN more profitable?

Gray Media has a net margin of 7.72% compared to Crexendo's net margin of 4.75%. Gray Media's return on equity of 12.75% beat Crexendo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crexendo	4.75%	11.68%	9.36%
Gray Media	7.72%	12.75%	2.63%

Summary

Gray Media beats Crexendo on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.