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