SGA vs. IHRT, SPIR, SSP, CRGE, VOCL, CXDO, TSQ, BZFD, AREN, and UONE
Should you be buying Saga Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saga Communications include iHeartMedia (IHRT), Spire Global (SPIR), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), Creatd (VOCL), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), BuzzFeed (BZFD), The Arena Group (AREN), and Urban One (UONE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Saga Communications vs.
iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) and Saga Communications (NASDAQ:SGA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Saga Communications has a net margin of 4.24% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -27.04%. Saga Communications' return on equity of 3.22% beat iHeartMedia's return on equity.
iHeartMedia presently has a consensus target price of $2.83, suggesting a potential upside of 62.37%. Given iHeartMedia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Saga Communications.
93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Saga Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Saga Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Saga Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than iHeartMedia. iHeartMedia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Saga Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
iHeartMedia received 20 more outperform votes than Saga Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 36.84% of users gave Saga Communications an outperform vote while only 36.49% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.
iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saga Communications has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Saga Communications had 1 more articles in the media than iHeartMedia. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Saga Communications and 0 mentions for iHeartMedia. Saga Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.00 indicating that Saga Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Saga Communications beats iHeartMedia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SGA) was last updated on 3/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
