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$13.42 +0.16 (+1.21%)
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SGA vs. SPIR, TSAT, WOW, SSP, IHRT, AREN, CXDO, TSQ, VOCL, and BZFD

Should you be buying Saga Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saga Communications include Spire Global (SPIR), Telesat (TSAT), WideOpenWest (WOW), E.W. Scripps (SSP), iHeartMedia (IHRT), The Arena Group (AREN), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Creatd (VOCL), and BuzzFeed (BZFD). 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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Spire Global$110.45M3.17-$102.82M-$3.48-3.24
Saga Communications$110.29M0.78$3.46M$0.5524.40

Spire Global currently has a consensus price target of $18.20, suggesting a potential upside of 61.63%. Given Spire Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spire Global is more favorable than Saga Communications.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Spire Global
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Saga Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Spire Global had 1 more articles in the media than Saga Communications. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Spire Global and 3 mentions for Saga Communications. Spire Global's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Saga Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Spire Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Spire Global
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Saga Communications
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Spire Global-98.42% -492.01% -37.32%
Saga Communications 3.15%2.09%1.56%

Summary

Spire Global and Saga Communications tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SGA vs. The Competition

MetricSaga CommunicationsBRDCST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$86.43M$21.07B$8.30B$9.49B
Dividend Yield7.68%5.34%3.13%4.00%
P/E Ratio24.409.0921.3619.95
Price / Sales0.781.413.2882.68
Price / Cash8.8332.2316.6758.45
Price / Book0.522.164.765.82
Net Income$3.46M-$19.04M$215.28M$258.42M
7 Day Performance1.51%0.41%1.61%1.94%
1 Month Performance8.05%6.58%41.53%12.02%
1 Year Performance-9.93%14.92%17.53%20.80%

Saga Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SGA
Saga Communications
3.4521 of 5 stars
$13.42
+1.2%
N/A-11.3%$86.43M$110.29M24.40570
SPIR
Spire Global
2.3558 of 5 stars
$11.20
-4.1%
$18.20
+62.5%
-20.3%$348.13M$99.50M-3.22370
TSAT
Telesat
0.532 of 5 stars
$25.10
+7.4%
N/A+257.1%$342.39M$535.62M-5.62470Positive News
WOW
WideOpenWest
3.2159 of 5 stars
$3.93
-0.6%
$6.50
+65.6%
-24.6%$335.51M$630.90M-5.611,320
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.2491 of 5 stars
$3.75
-0.3%
$8.00
+113.3%
-13.4%$328.91M$2.51B4.085,000
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.4045 of 5 stars
$2.05
+3.5%
$2.92
+42.3%
+26.3%$302.62M$3.85B-0.2410,100News Coverage
AREN
The Arena Group
2.3242 of 5 stars
$5.74
-0.5%
N/A+595.6%$273M$128.78M-1.35360Analyst Forecast
CXDO
Crexendo
2.5509 of 5 stars
$5.76
-0.2%
$8.38
+45.4%
+43.6%$167.21M$60.84M72.01120
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.6885 of 5 stars
$8.37
+2.6%
$17.00
+103.0%
-38.8%$136.92M$450.98M-6.302,049
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.40
+28.8%
N/A-61.7%$111.14M$4.80M-0.40186Gap Up
BZFD
BuzzFeed
1.1762 of 5 stars
$2.20
+1.9%
N/A-5.4%$84.76M$188.90M6.671,520

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This page (NASDAQ:SGA) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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