Sinclair (SBGI) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, EVC or SBGI?

Entravision Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Entravision Communications	$378.62M	0.58	-$15.44M	-$1.63	-1.49
Sinclair	$3.53B	0.27	-$291M	$2.01	6.78

Is EVC or SBGI more profitable?

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
Entravision Communications	-14.25%	-12.03%	-3.54%
Sinclair	-6.14%	63.89%	3.02%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EVC or SBGI?

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

Is EVC or SBGI a better dividend stock?

Entravision Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Sinclair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Entravision Communications pays out -12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sinclair pays out 49.8% 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.

Do analysts rate EVC or SBGI?

Sinclair has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.79%. Given Sinclair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sinclair is more favorable than Entravision Communications.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, EVC or SBGI?

Entravision Communications has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sinclair has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EVC or SBGI?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Entravision Communications	Outperform Votes 292 60.08%	Underperform Votes 194 39.92%
Sinclair	Outperform Votes 450 63.03%	Underperform Votes 264 36.97%

Does the media refer more to EVC or SBGI?

In the previous week, Sinclair had 2 more articles in the media than Entravision Communications. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sinclair and 5 mentions for Entravision Communications. Entravision Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Sinclair's score of 0.80 indicating that Entravision Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Entravision Communications	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sinclair	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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