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$1.13 +0.02 (+1.80%)
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MDIA vs. CRGE, SSP, IHRT, CXDO, TSQ, AREN, VOCL, SGA, BZFD, and UONE

Should you be buying MediaCo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MediaCo include Charge Enterprises (CRGE), E.W. Scripps (SSP), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), The Arena Group (AREN), Creatd (VOCL), Saga Communications (SGA), BuzzFeed (BZFD), and Urban One (UONE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

MediaCo vs.

MediaCo (NASDAQ:MDIA) and Charge Enterprises (NASDAQ:CRGE) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

MediaCo has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Charge Enterprises' net margin of -5.76%. MediaCo's return on equity of 0.00% beat Charge Enterprises' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MediaCoN/A N/A N/A
Charge Enterprises -5.76%-136.79%-20.11%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MediaCo$95.57M0.55-$16.80M-$0.36-3.14
Charge Enterprises$641.37M0.29-$30.35M-$0.20-4.35

64.0% of MediaCo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.2% of Charge Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of MediaCo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Charge Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Charge Enterprises received 4 more outperform votes than MediaCo when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MediaCoN/AN/A
Charge EnterprisesOutperform Votes
4
66.67%
Underperform Votes
2
33.33%

MediaCo has a beta of -0.46, meaning that its share price is 146% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charge Enterprises has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, MediaCo had 1 more articles in the media than Charge Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MediaCo and 1 mentions for Charge Enterprises. MediaCo's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Charge Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that MediaCo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MediaCo Positive
Charge Enterprises Neutral

Summary

MediaCo beats Charge Enterprises on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MDIA vs. The Competition

MetricMediaCoBroadcasting IndustryCommunication SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$52.74M$639.62M$3.23B$7.81B
Dividend YieldN/A5.78%6.77%4.26%
P/E Ratio-3.147.8121.3118.46
Price / Sales0.5518.09186.31101.46
Price / CashN/A11.1416.1634.62
Price / BookN/A1.734.524.19
Net Income-$16.80M$39.04M$144.49M$248.05M
7 Day Performance-3.83%4.56%2.43%6.54%
1 Month Performance-2.54%4.47%-0.59%-1.97%
1 Year Performance-34.68%6.91%7.20%4.72%

MediaCo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MDIA
MediaCo
1.3799 of 5 stars
$1.13
+1.8%
N/A-34.7%$52.74M$95.57M-3.14190Short Interest ↓
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.87
-5.4%
N/A-16.8%$187.09M$641.37M-4.35290Gap Up
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.271 of 5 stars
$2.06
+1.0%
$6.25
+203.4%
-43.2%$178.60M$2.51B-0.665,700Short Interest ↓
IHRT
iHeartMedia
2.2047 of 5 stars
$1.10
-4.3%
$2.83
+157.6%
-52.3%$161.90M$3.85B-0.1611,000Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
CXDO
Crexendo
3.0267 of 5 stars
$4.47
+1.6%
$8.50
+90.2%
+13.6%$124.72M$60.84M149.05120Positive News
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.2235 of 5 stars
$7.22
+3.6%
$18.00
+149.3%
-45.3%$116.38M$450.98M-2.662,340Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$1.89
-2.6%
N/A+559.7%$89.71M$234.40M-0.44360
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.30
-25.0%
N/A-77.8%$83.50M$4.80M-0.30186Gap Up
SGA
Saga Communications
4.6976 of 5 stars
$11.28
-0.6%
N/A-50.9%$72.67M$112.92M15.67570Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.5715 of 5 stars
$1.72
+0.6%
N/A+22.2%$66.26M$189.89M-1.191,520News Coverage
Positive News
UONE
Urban One
1.5893 of 5 stars
$1.35
-0.4%
N/A-32.0%$64.43M$449.67M-0.791,160News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:MDIA) was last updated on 4/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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