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SBGI vs. EVC, SALM, BBGI, FWONA, NXST, TGNA, TV, GTN.A, GTN, and SSP

Should you be buying Sinclair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sinclair include Entravision Communications (EVC), Salem Media Group (SALM), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Formula One Group (FWONA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), TEGNA (TGNA), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Gray Television (GTN.A), Gray Television (GTN), and E.W. Scripps (SSP).

Sinclair vs.

Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) and Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sinclair$3.53B0.28-$291M$2.017.04
Entravision Communications$378.62M0.46-$15.44M-$1.63-1.17

Sinclair has a net margin of -6.14% compared to Entravision Communications' net margin of -14.25%. Sinclair's return on equity of 63.89% beat Entravision Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sinclair-6.14% 63.89% 3.02%
Entravision Communications -14.25%-12.03%-3.54%

Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Entravision Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Sinclair pays out 49.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Entravision Communications pays out -12.3% 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. Entravision Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Sinclair had 5 more articles in the media than Entravision Communications. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Sinclair and 1 mentions for Entravision Communications. Entravision Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Sinclair's score of 0.75 indicating that Entravision Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sinclair
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Entravision Communications
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Sinclair received 158 more outperform votes than Entravision Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.03% of users gave Sinclair an outperform vote while only 60.08% of users gave Entravision Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SinclairOutperform Votes
450
63.03%
Underperform Votes
264
36.97%
Entravision CommunicationsOutperform Votes
292
60.08%
Underperform Votes
194
39.92%

41.7% of Sinclair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Entravision Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.6% of Sinclair shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.5% of Entravision Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Sinclair has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entravision Communications has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sinclair currently has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.65%. Given Sinclair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sinclair is more favorable than Entravision Communications.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sinclair
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Entravision Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Sinclair beats Entravision Communications on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SBGI vs. The Competition

MetricSinclairTelevision broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$985.14M$6.22B$7.91B$8.39B
Dividend Yield6.69%3.78%3.24%4.10%
P/E Ratio-4.2910.5715.0919.71
Price / Sales0.280.877.77117.39
Price / CashN/A5.8516.3734.62
Price / Book4.071.084.734.50
Net Income-$291M$74.45M$257.85M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-7.81%-1.88%-1.06%0.20%
1 Month Performance-0.70%9.11%7.59%12.37%
1 Year Performance5.36%3.12%-3.47%7.04%

Sinclair Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SBGI
Sinclair
4.0335 of 5 stars
$14.16
-3.7%
$18.50
+30.6%
+4.6%$985.14M$3.53B-4.297,300Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
EVC
Entravision Communications
1.5212 of 5 stars
$2.03
+7.1%
N/A-8.9%$184.23M$364.95M-1.631,090Positive News
SALM
Salem Media Group
N/A$1.32
-1.3%
N/A+218.7%$35.98M$261.57M-3.891,340Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
BBGI
Beasley Broadcast Group
N/A$5.93
+10.7%
N/AN/A$10.62M$240.29M3.551,160Analyst Forecast
FWONA
Formula One Group
0.5607 of 5 stars
$86.22
-1.3%
$90.50
+5.0%
+35.0%$21.49B$3.65B74.976,800
NXST
Nexstar Media Group
4.8902 of 5 stars
$169.65
+2.9%
$205.71
+21.3%
+5.3%$5.18B$5.41B9.8113,000Ex-Dividend
Insider Trade
TGNA
TEGNA
2.4894 of 5 stars
$17.18
+0.5%
$20.00
+16.4%
+15.2%$2.76B$3.10B6.076,200News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
TV
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
3.5929 of 5 stars
$1.81
-0.3%
$4.60
+154.8%
-36.5%$999.61M$61.28B-2.4737,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GTN.A
Gray Television
N/A$7.93
+4.3%
N/A-7.5%$804.73M$3.60B5.288,610
GTN
Gray Television
4.6925 of 5 stars
$4.64
+9.6%
$6.17
+33.0%
-35.9%$470.65M$3.64B3.098,610
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.1331 of 5 stars
$2.51
+8.2%
$6.25
+149.0%
-30.4%$217.62M$2.51B-0.815,700

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This page (NASDAQ:SBGI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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