SGA vs. SPIR, SSP, AREN, IHRT, CXDO, CRGE, TSQ, VOCL, BZFD, and UCL
Should you be buying Saga Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saga Communications include Spire Global (SPIR), E.W. Scripps (SSP), The Arena Group (AREN), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Crexendo (CXDO), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Creatd (VOCL), BuzzFeed (BZFD), and uCloudlink Group (UCL). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Saga Communications vs. Its Competitors
Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) and Saga Communications (NASDAQ:SGA) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Spire Global has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saga Communications has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Saga Communications has a net margin of 3.15% compared to Spire Global's net margin of -98.42%. Saga Communications' return on equity of 2.09% beat Spire Global's return on equity.
20.0% of Spire Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Saga Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 14.7% of Spire Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Saga Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Saga Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Spire Global. Spire Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saga Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Saga Communications had 11 more articles in the media than Spire Global. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Saga Communications and 0 mentions for Spire Global. Saga Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Spire Global's score of 0.51 indicating that Saga Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Spire Global currently has a consensus price target of $18.20, indicating a potential upside of 52.75%. Given Spire Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Spire Global is more favorable than Saga Communications.
Summary
Saga Communications beats Spire Global on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:SGA) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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