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Salem Media Group (SALM) Competitors

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$0.82 -0.03 (-3.53%)
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SALM vs. BBGI, FWONA, NXST, SBGI, EVC, CMLS, KNDI, ALTO, NIPG, and LCUT

Should you be buying Salem Media Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Salem Media Group include Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A (FWONA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Sinclair (SBGI), Entravision Communications (EVC), Cumulus Media (CMLS), Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), NIP Group (NIPG), and Lifetime Brands (LCUT). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Salem Media Group vs. Its Competitors

Salem Media Group (NASDAQ:SALM) and Beasley Broadcast Group (NASDAQ:BBGI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary 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.

Beasley Broadcast Group has a net margin of -3.66% compared to Salem Media Group's net margin of -3.80%. Beasley Broadcast Group's return on equity of -2.63% beat Salem Media Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Salem Media Group-3.80% -5.79% -1.62%
Beasley Broadcast Group -3.66%-2.63%-0.69%

Salem Media Group has a beta of -0.3, indicating that its stock price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beasley Broadcast Group has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Beasley Broadcast Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Salem Media Group. Beasley Broadcast Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Salem Media Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Salem Media Group$261.57M0.09-$43.31M$0.531.55
Beasley Broadcast Group$240.29M0.03-$5.89M-$5.20-0.79

In the previous week, Salem Media Group had 1 more articles in the media than Beasley Broadcast Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Salem Media Group and 1 mentions for Beasley Broadcast Group. Salem Media Group's average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Beasley Broadcast Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Salem Media Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Salem Media Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Beasley Broadcast Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

10.1% of Salem Media Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are held by institutional investors. 54.6% of Salem Media Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.8% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Beasley Broadcast Group beats Salem Media Group on 7 of the 13 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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SALM vs. The Competition

MetricSalem Media GroupRadio broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$22.32M$38.42M$8.30B$9.03B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.21%4.11%
P/E Ratio-2.410.8821.0420.10
Price / Sales0.090.033.32108.06
Price / Cash1.010.5017.3356.90
Price / BookN/A0.014.615.65
Net Income-$43.31M-$121.03M$212.83M$248.47M
7 Day Performance-12.76%-4.22%3.75%2.80%
1 Month Performance-18.81%-10.60%10.53%5.62%
1 Year Performance236.67%47.50%10.30%21.20%

Salem Media Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SALM
Salem Media Group
0.7712 of 5 stars
$0.82
-3.5%
N/A+220.8%$22.32M$261.57M-2.411,340News Coverage
BBGI
Beasley Broadcast Group
0.3608 of 5 stars
$4.35
-6.7%
N/AN/A$8.36M$240.29M-0.841,160Gap Down
High Trading Volume
FWONA
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A
0.7918 of 5 stars
$93.92
+0.7%
$101.25
+7.8%
+43.0%$23.26B$3.32B-234.806,800Positive News
NXST
Nexstar Media Group
4.8288 of 5 stars
$174.60
+1.6%
$205.71
+17.8%
+8.2%$5.24B$5.41B8.8413,005
SBGI
Sinclair
4.1498 of 5 stars
$13.55
+0.2%
$18.50
+36.5%
+9.1%$940.61M$3.55B6.747,200News Coverage
EVC
Entravision Communications
1.0916 of 5 stars
$2.24
-0.7%
N/A+16.6%$204.70M$364.95M-1.371,090
CMLS
Cumulus Media
N/A$0.11
-2.2%
N/A-94.0%$1.95M$827.08M-0.013,330Gap Down
KNDI
Kandi Technologies Group
0.3023 of 5 stars
$1.12
-0.4%
N/A-46.8%$95.73M$127.57M-1.92840Positive News
ALTO
Alto Ingredients
2.783 of 5 stars
$1.11
-1.8%
$5.50
+395.5%
-11.5%$86.57M$965.26M-1.35420
NIPG
NIP Group
N/A$1.67
+13.3%
$6.00
+260.4%
N/A$83.35M$85.27M0.00N/A
LCUT
Lifetime Brands
4.2347 of 5 stars
$3.90
+6.6%
$5.50
+41.0%
-34.5%$82.04M$682.95M-6.391,180

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This page (NASDAQ:SALM) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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