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Salem Media Group (SALM) Competitors

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$0.95 0.00 (-0.22%)
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SALM vs. BBGI, FWONA, NXST, SBGI, EVC, CMLS, GNSS, SGA, BZFD, and UONE

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), Genasys (GNSS), Saga Communications (SGA), BuzzFeed (BZFD), and Radio One (UONE). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Salem Media Group vs. Its Competitors

Beasley Broadcast Group (NASDAQ:BBGI) and Salem Media Group (NASDAQ:SALM) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

In the previous week, Beasley Broadcast Group had 1 more articles in the media than Salem Media Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Beasley Broadcast Group and 0 mentions for Salem Media Group. Beasley Broadcast Group's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Salem Media Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Beasley Broadcast Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Beasley Broadcast Group Very Positive
Salem Media Group Neutral

21.7% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of Salem Media Group shares are held by institutional investors. 52.8% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Salem Media Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Beasley Broadcast Group has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salem Media Group has a beta of -0.36, indicating that its stock price is 136% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Beasley Broadcast Group-3.66% -2.63% -0.69%
Salem Media Group -3.80%-5.79%-1.62%

Beasley Broadcast Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Beasley Broadcast Group$240.29M0.03-$5.89M-$5.20-0.81
Salem Media Group$261.57M0.10-$43.31M$0.531.79

Summary

Beasley Broadcast Group beats Salem Media Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SALM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$25.80M$39.65M$8.28B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.08%3.99%
P/E Ratio-2.790.8821.3520.03
Price / Sales0.100.043.23103.88
Price / Cash1.010.5016.9359.01
Price / BookN/A0.014.865.90
Net Income-$43.31M-$121.03M$215.28M$258.66M
7 Day Performance0.84%-2.86%2.26%2.22%
1 Month Performance5.33%5.32%45.43%12.76%
1 Year Performance279.20%61.77%16.83%19.36%

Salem Media Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SALM
Salem Media Group
0.8106 of 5 stars
$0.95
-0.2%
N/A+287.7%$25.80M$261.57M-2.791,340
BBGI
Beasley Broadcast Group
0.693 of 5 stars
$4.16
+1.5%
N/AN/A$7.46M$234.82M-0.801,160Positive News
Gap Up
FWONA
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A
1.3164 of 5 stars
$92.80
+0.3%
$101.25
+9.1%
+28.4%$23.15B$3.32B-232.006,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NXST
Nexstar Media Group
3.9455 of 5 stars
$183.97
+2.2%
$205.71
+11.8%
+8.5%$5.61B$5.41B9.3213,005Positive News
SBGI
Sinclair
3.9327 of 5 stars
$15.53
+2.9%
$18.50
+19.1%
+2.2%$1.08B$3.53B7.737,200Positive News
EVC
Entravision Communications
1.2517 of 5 stars
$2.53
+1.0%
N/A+13.0%$229.71M$378.62M-1.551,090
CMLS
Cumulus Media
0.7824 of 5 stars
$0.13
+1.2%
N/A-93.9%$2.21M$827.08M-0.013,330News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
GNSS
Genasys
3.8596 of 5 stars
$1.98
-1.0%
$5.33
+169.4%
-28.3%$89.40M$24.01M-3.09170News Coverage
SGA
Saga Communications
3.9651 of 5 stars
$13.53
+0.8%
N/A-9.9%$87.13M$110.29M24.60570
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.7593 of 5 stars
$2.20
+1.9%
N/A-11.3%$84.76M$188.90M6.671,520
UONE
Radio One
0.98 of 5 stars
$1.85
+5.4%
N/A-16.6%$84.49M$437.50M-0.701,160Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SALM) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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