SGA vs. TSQ, CMLS, BBGI, UONEK, UONE, IHRT, ISPO, BSET, TCS, and LUXH
Should you be buying Saga Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saga Communications include Townsquare Media (TSQ), Cumulus Media (CMLS), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Urban One (UONEK), Urban One (UONE), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Inspirato (ISPO), Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), The Container Store Group (TCS), and LuxUrban Hotels (LUXH). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Saga Communications vs.
Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) 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, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
Townsquare Media has higher revenue and earnings than Saga Communications. Saga Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Townsquare Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Townsquare Media pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Saga Communications pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Townsquare Media pays out 174.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Saga Communications pays out 68.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Townsquare Media presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.68%. Saga Communications has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.75%. Given Townsquare Media's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Townsquare Media is more favorable than Saga Communications.
Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saga Communications has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Townsquare Media received 243 more outperform votes than Saga Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.49% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 14.29% of users gave Saga Communications an outperform vote.
48.1% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Saga Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.1% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of Saga Communications shares are owned 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.
Saga Communications has a net margin of 7.74% compared to Townsquare Media's net margin of 1.65%. Townsquare Media's return on equity of 53.66% beat Saga Communications' return on equity.
In the previous week, Saga Communications had 3 more articles in the media than Townsquare Media. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Saga Communications and 1 mentions for Townsquare Media. Townsquare Media's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Saga Communications' score of 0.50 indicating that Townsquare Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Townsquare Media beats Saga Communications on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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