Salem Media Group (SALM) 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 valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SALM or BBGI?

Salem Media Group received 33 more outperform votes than Beasley Broadcast Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.48% of users gave Salem Media Group an outperform vote while only 43.16% of users gave Beasley Broadcast Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Salem Media Group	Outperform Votes 238 46.48%	Underperform Votes 274 53.52%
Beasley Broadcast Group	Outperform Votes 205 43.16%	Underperform Votes 270 56.84%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SALM or BBGI?

10.1% of Salem Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of Salem Media Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.2% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SALM or BBGI?

Salem Media Group has higher revenue and earnings than Beasley Broadcast 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Salem Media Group	$261.57M	0.15	-$43.31M	$0.58	2.55
Beasley Broadcast Group	$240.29M	0.04	-$75.12M	-$3.70	-1.54

Which has more risk & volatility, SALM or BBGI?

Salem Media Group has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beasley Broadcast Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SALM or BBGI?

In the previous week, Salem Media Group had 1 more articles in the media than Beasley Broadcast Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Salem Media Group and 2 mentions for Beasley Broadcast Group. Beasley Broadcast Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Salem Media Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Beasley Broadcast Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Salem Media Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 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)	Positive

Is SALM or BBGI a better dividend stock?

Salem Media Group pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Beasley Broadcast Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Salem Media Group pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Beasley Broadcast Group pays out -5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is SALM or BBGI more profitable?

Beasley Broadcast Group has a net margin of 1.07% compared to Salem Media Group's net margin of -3.80%. Beasley Broadcast Group's return on equity of -5.12% 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	1.07%	-5.12%	-1.33%

Summary

Beasley Broadcast Group beats Salem Media Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.