SBGI vs. CETV, EVC, BBGI, SALM, FWONA, NXST, TGNA, TV, GTN.A, and GTN
Should you be buying Sinclair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sinclair include Central European Media Enterprises (CETV), Entravision Communications (EVC), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Salem Media Group (SALM), Formula One Group (FWONA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), TEGNA (TGNA), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Gray Television (GTN.A), and Gray Television (GTN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) and Central European Media Enterprises (NASDAQ:CETV) 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 institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Sinclair had 5 more articles in the media than Central European Media Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Sinclair and 0 mentions for Central European Media Enterprises. Sinclair's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Central European Media Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Sinclair is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sinclair presently has a consensus price target of $18.14, indicating a potential upside of 17.95%. Given Sinclair's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sinclair is more favorable than Central European Media Enterprises.
Central European Media Enterprises has a net margin of 16.08% compared to Sinclair's net margin of -14.34%. Central European Media Enterprises' return on equity of 33.21% beat Sinclair's return on equity.
Sinclair received 232 more outperform votes than Central European Media Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.33% of users gave Central European Media Enterprises an outperform vote while only 63.47% of users gave Sinclair an outperform vote.
41.7% of Sinclair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Central European Media Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 46.6% of Sinclair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Central European Media Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sinclair has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central European Media Enterprises has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Central European Media Enterprises has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sinclair.
Summary
Sinclair beats Central European Media Enterprises on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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