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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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.

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%

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$110.45M3.18-$102.82M-$3.48-3.24
Saga Communications$110.29M0.77$3.46M$0.5524.00

Spire Global presently has a consensus price target of $18.20, indicating a potential upside of 61.20%. Given Spire Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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, Saga Communications had 4 more articles in the media than Spire Global. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Saga Communications and 3 mentions for Spire Global. Saga Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Spire Global's score of 0.51 indicating that Saga Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Spire Global has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saga Communications has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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, 21.9% of Saga Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Saga Communications beats Spire Global on 10 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$85.01M$22.27B$8.21B$8.94B
Dividend Yield7.69%5.28%3.29%4.12%
P/E Ratio24.009.7220.9119.90
Price / Sales0.771.474.18165.30
Price / Cash8.8232.0017.1957.06
Price / Book0.512.194.595.38
Net Income$3.46M-$19.04M$212.83M$248.50M
7 Day Performance6.19%3.89%4.74%2.97%
1 Month Performance6.28%8.46%11.05%6.02%
1 Year Performance-14.01%17.15%10.69%20.39%

Saga Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SGA
Saga Communications
4.1116 of 5 stars
$13.20
+1.5%
N/A-16.3%$85.01M$110.29M24.00570News Coverage
SPIR
Spire Global
2.5855 of 5 stars
$9.73
-2.2%
$18.20
+87.1%
+9.7%$308.90M$110.45M-2.79370
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.7265 of 5 stars
$3.07
-1.6%
$8.00
+160.6%
-2.6%$273.66M$2.51B3.345,000
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$5.75
-8.1%
N/A+630.1%$273.48M$128.78M-1.35360
IHRT
iHeartMedia
2.1818 of 5 stars
$1.74
-4.9%
$2.92
+67.6%
+70.6%$270.15M$3.86B-0.2110,100Gap Up
CXDO
Crexendo
2.696 of 5 stars
$5.31
+1.1%
$8.50
+60.1%
+104.5%$152.41M$62.61M66.38120News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.55
+9.6%
N/A-41.9%$117.80M$641.37M-2.74290News Coverage
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.4054 of 5 stars
$7.35
+3.1%
$17.00
+131.3%
-26.7%$116.59M$450.98M-5.532,049High Trading Volume
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.32
0.0%
N/A-74.5%$89.07M$4.80M-0.32186Gap Down
BZFD
BuzzFeed
3.0773 of 5 stars
$2.03
-1.5%
N/A-24.4%$79.36M$189.89M6.151,520Positive News
UCL
uCloudlink Group
3.145 of 5 stars
$2.01
+8.6%
N/A+6.8%$69.92M$92.26M22.33490Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SGA) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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