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