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E.W. Scripps (SSP) Competitors

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$3.31 +0.15 (+4.75%)
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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

Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) and E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

E.W. Scripps has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Altice USA$8.95B0.12-$102.92M-$0.34-6.53
E.W. Scripps$2.51B0.12$87.60M$0.923.60

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
Altice USA-1.78% N/A -0.49%
E.W. Scripps 5.71%17.81%2.87%

In the previous week, Altice USA and Altice USA both had 2 articles in the media. E.W. Scripps' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Altice USA's score of -0.40 indicating that E.W. Scripps is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Altice USA
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
E.W. Scripps
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Altice USA presently has a consensus price target of $2.88, indicating a potential upside of 29.50%. E.W. Scripps has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 141.69%. Given E.W. Scripps' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than Altice USA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Altice USA
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
E.W. Scripps
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

54.9% of Altice USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by institutional investors. 44.6% of Altice USA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Summary

E.W. Scripps beats Altice USA on 10 of the 15 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$291.20M$22.51B$8.32B$9.05B
Dividend YieldN/A5.08%3.17%3.99%
P/E Ratio3.609.8521.1620.23
Price / Sales0.121.513.34119.26
Price / Cash1.159.0114.8228.59
Price / Book0.322.224.615.65
Net Income$87.60M-$19.04M$213.41M$249.15M
7 Day Performance18.64%3.44%3.48%3.28%
1 Month Performance53.24%11.31%10.05%3.95%
1 Year Performance11.82%18.88%10.89%20.98%

E.W. Scripps Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.7223 of 5 stars
$3.31
+4.7%
$8.00
+141.7%
+11.8%$291.20M$2.51B3.605,000
ATUS
Altice USA
3.6235 of 5 stars
$2.13
flat
$2.75
+29.1%
+9.9%$996.20M$8.86B-6.2610,900
CABO
Cable One
4.8758 of 5 stars
$135.93
+4.0%
$309.25
+127.5%
-60.5%$765.01M$1.56B-54.162,817
ATEX
Anterix
3.3836 of 5 stars
$25.65
-0.1%
$67.00
+161.2%
-34.6%$479.66M$6.03M-40.7170Positive News
GTN
Gray Media
4.832 of 5 stars
$4.54
+0.7%
$6.17
+35.8%
-0.5%$461.01M$3.60B1.979,502News Coverage
SPIR
Spire Global
2.2143 of 5 stars
$11.92
+3.4%
$18.20
+52.7%
+14.3%$370.47M$110.45M-3.43370
WOW
WideOpenWest
2.6781 of 5 stars
$4.06
flat
$6.50
+60.1%
-19.3%$347.03M$619.40M-5.801,320
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$6.20
-2.7%
N/A+703.1%$294.88M$128.78M-1.46360News Coverage
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.7922 of 5 stars
$1.76
+2.3%
$2.92
+65.7%
+82.2%$259.81M$3.85B-0.2110,100
CXDO
Crexendo
2.6655 of 5 stars
$6.07
+0.8%
$8.50
+40.0%
+106.0%$176.21M$60.84M75.88120News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.2426 of 5 stars
$7.90
+2.1%
$17.00
+115.2%
-21.9%$129.18M$450.02M-5.942,049

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This page (NASDAQ:SSP) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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