UCL vs. WOW, ATEX, IHRT, AREN, SSP, SPIR, TSAT, CXDO, CRGE, and TSQ
Should you be buying uCloudlink Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of uCloudlink Group include WideOpenWest (WOW), Anterix (ATEX), iHeartMedia (IHRT), The Arena Group (AREN), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Spire Global (SPIR), Telesat (TSAT), Crexendo (CXDO), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), and Townsquare Media (TSQ). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
uCloudlink Group vs. Its Competitors
uCloudlink Group (NASDAQ:UCL) and WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
uCloudlink Group has a beta of 4.39, suggesting that its share price is 339% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, WideOpenWest had 3 more articles in the media than uCloudlink Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for WideOpenWest and 2 mentions for uCloudlink Group. WideOpenWest's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat uCloudlink Group's score of 0.61 indicating that WideOpenWest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
uCloudlink Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than uCloudlink Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
uCloudlink Group has a net margin of 2.19% compared to WideOpenWest's net margin of -10.70%. uCloudlink Group's return on equity of 8.89% beat WideOpenWest's return on equity.
WideOpenWest has a consensus price target of $5.85, indicating a potential upside of 15.04%. Given WideOpenWest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than uCloudlink Group.
85.5% of uCloudlink Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of uCloudlink Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
uCloudlink Group beats WideOpenWest on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:UCL) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff