SSP vs. CABO, GTN, WOW, IHRT, ATEX, SPIR, TSAT, AREN, CXDO, and TSQ
Should you be buying E.W. Scripps stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of E.W. Scripps include Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN), WideOpenWest (WOW), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Anterix (ATEX), Spire Global (SPIR), Telesat (TSAT), The Arena Group (AREN), Crexendo (CXDO), and Townsquare Media (TSQ). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
E.W. Scripps vs. Its Competitors
E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) and Cable One (NYSE:CABO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Cable One had 2 more articles in the media than E.W. Scripps. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cable One and 2 mentions for E.W. Scripps. Cable One's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat E.W. Scripps' score of 0.00 indicating that Cable One is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
E.W. Scripps currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 130.61%. Cable One has a consensus target price of $279.25, suggesting a potential upside of 59.74%. Given E.W. Scripps' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than Cable One.
E.W. Scripps has higher revenue and earnings than Cable One. Cable One is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than E.W. Scripps, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Cable One shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of E.W. Scripps shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Cable One shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cable One has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
E.W. Scripps has a net margin of 4.25% compared to Cable One's net margin of -32.18%. E.W. Scripps' return on equity of 17.68% beat Cable One's return on equity.
Summary
E.W. Scripps beats Cable One on 12 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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This page (NASDAQ:SSP) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
