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E.W. Scripps (SSP) Competitors

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SSP vs. GTN, WOW, TSAT, ATEX, IHRT, SPIR, AREN, 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 Media (GTN), WideOpenWest (WOW), Telesat (TSAT), Anterix (ATEX), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Spire Global (SPIR), The Arena Group (AREN), Crexendo (CXDO), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), 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 Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, E.W. Scripps had 1 more articles in the media than Gray Media. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for E.W. Scripps and 2 mentions for Gray Media. Gray Media's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat E.W. Scripps' score of 0.95 indicating that Gray Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gray Media has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

E.W. Scripps presently has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 136.05%. Gray Media has a consensus price target of $6.88, suggesting a potential upside of 40.77%. Given E.W. Scripps' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than Gray Media.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
E.W. Scripps
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Gray Media
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Gray Media has a net margin of 5.64% compared to E.W. Scripps' net margin of 4.25%. E.W. Scripps' return on equity of 17.68% beat Gray Media's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
E.W. Scripps4.25% 17.68% 2.98%
Gray Media 5.64%10.31%2.17%

Gray Media has higher revenue and earnings than E.W. Scripps. Gray Media 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
E.W. Scripps$2.51B0.08$87.60M$0.484.85
Gray Media$3.64B0.14$375M$1.513.23

67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Gray Media shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Gray Media shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Gray Media beats E.W. Scripps on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SSP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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SSP vs. The Competition

MetricE.W. ScrippsBRDCST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$205.81M$21.88B$8.48B$10.62B
Dividend YieldN/A5.84%3.10%4.85%
P/E Ratio4.8535.4518.2827.30
Price / Sales0.081.386.57184.03
Price / Cash0.759.5914.3430.35
Price / Book0.222.254.956.65
Net Income$87.60M$30.12M$255.94M$276.14M
7 Day Performance1.75%0.83%1.23%0.01%
1 Month Performance-18.82%-6.13%-2.96%3.60%
1 Year Performance-14.65%391.69%35.45%32.74%

E.W. Scripps Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.0775 of 5 stars
$2.33
+2.6%
$5.50
+136.1%
-20.9%$205.81M$2.51B4.855,000News Coverage
GTN
Gray Media
4.8381 of 5 stars
$4.75
+1.8%
$6.88
+44.9%
-18.3%$475.72M$3.64B3.149,502Positive News
WOW
WideOpenWest
1.6122 of 5 stars
$5.14
+0.6%
$5.85
+13.8%
+2.1%$438.27M$630.90M-6.511,320News Coverage
TSAT
Telesat
0.1809 of 5 stars
$33.30
+5.1%
N/A+140.9%$432.28M$416.79M-6.33470
ATEX
Anterix
3.7644 of 5 stars
$20.90
-0.4%
$67.00
+220.6%
-37.9%$393.16M$6.03M13.4070
IHRT
iHeartMedia
0.7519 of 5 stars
$2.61
+0.8%
$2.92
+11.7%
+54.8%$388.87M$3.85B-1.0710,100
SPIR
Spire Global
2.0878 of 5 stars
$12.80
+5.0%
$18.20
+42.2%
+29.4%$378.83M$99.50M-3.68370Gap Down
AREN
The Arena Group
2.6115 of 5 stars
$4.74
+4.2%
$12.00
+153.2%
+478.7%$224.99M$146.61M-1.12360
CXDO
Crexendo
3.0315 of 5 stars
$6.19
+4.9%
$8.60
+38.9%
+5.5%$178M$60.84M61.91120News Coverage
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.49
flat
N/A-34.4%$104.37M$641.37M-2.43290Gap Up
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.7664 of 5 stars
$6.11
-1.0%
$17.00
+178.2%
-38.7%$101.47M$450.98M3.022,049

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