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E.W. Scripps (SSP) Competitors

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$2.11 +0.05 (+2.43%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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SSP vs. GTN.A, ATEX, GTN, WOW, AREN, SPIR, IHRT, CXDO, CRGE, and TSQ

Should you be buying E.W. Scripps stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of E.W. Scripps include Gray Television (GTN.A), Anterix (ATEX), Gray Television (GTN), WideOpenWest (WOW), The Arena Group (AREN), Spire Global (SPIR), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Crexendo (CXDO), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), and Townsquare Media (TSQ). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

E.W. Scripps vs.

E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) and Gray Television (NYSE:GTN.A) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.

Gray Television received 137 more outperform votes than E.W. Scripps when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.82% of users gave Gray Television an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave E.W. Scripps an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
E.W. ScrippsOutperform Votes
12
35.29%
Underperform Votes
22
64.71%
Gray TelevisionOutperform Votes
149
66.82%
Underperform Votes
74
33.18%

E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gray Television has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, E.W. Scripps had 1 more articles in the media than Gray Television. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for E.W. Scripps and 1 mentions for Gray Television. E.W. Scripps' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Gray Television's score of 0.58 indicating that E.W. Scripps is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
E.W. Scripps
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gray Television
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

E.W. Scripps pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Gray Television pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. E.W. Scripps pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gray Television pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Gray Television has higher revenue and earnings than E.W. Scripps. E.W. Scripps is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gray Television, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
E.W. Scripps$2.47B0.07-$998.09M$0.922.29
Gray Television$3.60B0.22-$76M$2.313.39

E.W. Scripps presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 279.15%. Given E.W. Scripps' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than Gray Television.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
E.W. Scripps
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Gray Television
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Gray Television has a net margin of 5.69% compared to E.W. Scripps' net margin of -8.55%. Gray Television's return on equity of 9.60% beat E.W. Scripps' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
E.W. Scripps-8.55% 9.40% 1.34%
Gray Television 5.69%9.60%1.85%

67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Gray Television shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Gray Television shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Gray Television beats E.W. Scripps on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SSP vs. The Competition

MetricE.W. ScrippsTelevision broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$185.07M$6.20B$7.86B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A3.79%3.25%4.11%
P/E Ratio-0.6810.5615.1119.71
Price / Sales0.070.868.01120.67
Price / Cash0.145.8516.3734.62
Price / Book0.241.074.774.50
Net Income-$998.09M$74.45M$257.85M$248.22M
7 Day Performance-9.44%-1.58%-1.44%-0.78%
1 Month Performance-1.40%7.29%6.47%11.53%
1 Year Performance-18.53%5.81%-1.86%8.99%

E.W. Scripps Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.1413 of 5 stars
$2.11
+2.4%
$8.00
+279.1%
-27.5%$185.07M$2.47B-0.685,700
GTN.A
Gray Television
N/A$7.93
+4.3%
N/A-2.5%$804.73M$3.60B5.288,610Gap Down
ATEX
Anterix
3.1326 of 5 stars
$29.01
+0.7%
$67.00
+131.0%
-15.7%$539.21M$5.90M-17.8070Positive News
Gap Up
GTN
Gray Television
4.6949 of 5 stars
$4.64
+9.6%
$6.17
+33.0%
-37.0%$470.65M$3.64B3.098,610Gap Up
WOW
WideOpenWest
1.9265 of 5 stars
$4.42
+1.1%
$7.50
+69.7%
-11.6%$374.29M$619.40M-3.951,390Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$7.12
+0.1%
N/A+875.0%$338.63M$125.91M-1.68360
SPIR
Spire Global
1.6133 of 5 stars
$9.27
-5.7%
$17.80
+92.1%
+33.5%$286.94M$110.45M-2.66370
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.8644 of 5 stars
$1.29
+2.4%
$2.83
+119.6%
+24.3%$189.86M$3.85B-0.1911,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
CXDO
Crexendo
2.8162 of 5 stars
$5.82
+3.2%
$8.50
+46.0%
+56.2%$168.96M$62.61M194.06120Positive News
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.59
-10.5%
N/A-39.2%$127.68M$641.37M-2.97290
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.5938 of 5 stars
$7.29
+2.0%
$17.00
+133.2%
-40.1%$117.51M$450.98M-2.692,340

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This page (NASDAQ:SSP) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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