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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
E.W. Scripps beats Altice USA on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SSP) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff