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$3.42 +0.10 (+3.01%)
Closing price 07/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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SSP vs. ATUS, CABO, ATEX, GTN, SPIR, WOW, AREN, IHRT, CXDO, and TSQ

Should you be buying E.W. Scripps stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of E.W. Scripps include Altice USA (ATUS), Cable One (CABO), Anterix (ATEX), Gray Media (GTN), Spire Global (SPIR), WideOpenWest (WOW), The Arena Group (AREN), iHeartMedia (IHRT), 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 Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altice USA has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

E.W. Scripps has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Altice USA. Altice USA 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$2.51B0.12$87.60M$0.923.72
Altice USA$8.95B0.12-$102.92M-$0.34-6.50

67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of Altice USA shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of Altice USA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

E.W. Scripps has a net margin of 5.71% compared to Altice USA's net margin of -1.78%. E.W. Scripps' return on equity of 17.81% beat Altice USA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
E.W. Scripps5.71% 17.81% 2.87%
Altice USA -1.78%N/A -0.49%

E.W. Scripps currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 133.92%. Altice USA has a consensus price target of $2.88, suggesting a potential upside of 30.09%. Given E.W. Scripps' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than Altice USA.

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
Altice USA
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, E.W. Scripps had 3 more articles in the media than Altice USA. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for E.W. Scripps and 1 mentions for Altice USA. E.W. Scripps' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Altice USA's score of -0.40 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Altice USA
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

E.W. Scripps beats Altice USA on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$291.20M$22.50B$8.31B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A5.08%3.17%4.05%
P/E Ratio3.729.7620.8020.08
Price / Sales0.121.463.3493.25
Price / Cash1.159.0114.8228.59
Price / Book0.332.214.625.55
Net Income$87.60M-$19.04M$212.37M$248.49M
7 Day Performance12.13%0.85%37.17%4.87%
1 Month Performance58.33%10.12%45.89%6.63%
1 Year Performance18.75%18.47%18.26%20.38%

E.W. Scripps Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.7125 of 5 stars
$3.42
+3.0%
$8.00
+133.9%
+15.5%$291.20M$2.51B3.725,000News Coverage
Gap Down
ATUS
Altice USA
3.6059 of 5 stars
$2.13
flat
$2.75
+29.1%
+9.4%$996.20M$8.86B-6.2610,900
CABO
Cable One
4.8708 of 5 stars
$135.93
+4.0%
$309.25
+127.5%
-62.5%$765.01M$1.56B-54.162,817
ATEX
Anterix
3.2433 of 5 stars
$25.65
-0.1%
$67.00
+161.2%
-36.5%$479.66M$6.03M-40.7170Positive News
GTN
Gray Media
4.8585 of 5 stars
$4.54
+0.7%
$6.17
+35.8%
-3.9%$461.01M$3.60B1.979,502News Coverage
SPIR
Spire Global
2.2107 of 5 stars
$11.92
+3.4%
$18.20
+52.7%
+18.0%$370.47M$110.45M-3.43370
WOW
WideOpenWest
2.8899 of 5 stars
$4.06
flat
$6.50
+60.1%
-21.3%$347.03M$619.40M-5.801,320
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$6.20
-2.7%
N/A+732.1%$294.88M$128.78M-1.46360
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.8041 of 5 stars
$1.76
+2.3%
$2.92
+65.7%
+85.0%$259.81M$3.85B-0.2110,100Gap Down
CXDO
Crexendo
2.6951 of 5 stars
$6.07
+0.8%
$8.50
+40.0%
+108.8%$176.21M$60.84M75.88120Trending News
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TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.2279 of 5 stars
$7.90
+2.1%
$17.00
+115.2%
-24.6%$129.18M$450.02M-5.942,049

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This page (NASDAQ:SSP) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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