Saga Communications (SGA) Competitors

Saga Communications (NASDAQ:SGA) and The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SGA or AREN?

Saga Communications received 3 more outperform votes than The Arena Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 36.36% of users gave The Arena Group an outperform vote while only 30.43% of users gave Saga Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Saga Communications	Outperform Votes 7 30.43%	Underperform Votes 16 69.57%
The Arena Group	Outperform Votes 4 36.36%	Underperform Votes 7 63.64%

Is SGA or AREN more profitable?

Saga Communications has a net margin of 4.24% compared to The Arena Group's net margin of -70.59%. Saga Communications' return on equity of 3.22% beat The Arena Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Saga Communications	4.24%	3.22%	2.40%
The Arena Group	-70.59%	N/A	-15.23%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SGA or AREN?

Saga Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Arena Group. Saga Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Arena Group, 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
Saga Communications	$111.84M	0.72	$9.50M	$0.55	22.87
The Arena Group	$128.78M	1.83	-$55.58M	$0.05	99.00

Does the media favor SGA or AREN?

In the previous week, Saga Communications had 3 more articles in the media than The Arena Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Saga Communications and 1 mentions for The Arena Group. Saga Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat The Arena Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Saga Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Saga Communications	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Arena Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SGA or AREN?

74.3% of Saga Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of The Arena Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Saga Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, SGA or AREN?

Saga Communications has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Arena Group has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Saga Communications beats The Arena Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.