Urban One (UONE) Competitors

E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) and Urban One (NASDAQ:UONE) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate SSP or UONE?

E.W. Scripps currently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 288.35%. Given E.W. Scripps' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than Urban One.

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
Urban One	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SSP or UONE?

Urban One has lower revenue, but higher earnings than E.W. Scripps. Urban One 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
E.W. Scripps	$2.47B	0.07	-$998.09M	$0.92	2.24
Urban One	$437.50M	0.18	$2.05M	-$2.66	-0.64

Does the media prefer SSP or UONE?

In the previous week, E.W. Scripps had 5 more articles in the media than Urban One. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for E.W. Scripps and 1 mentions for Urban One. E.W. Scripps' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Urban One's score of 0.00 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Urban One	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, SSP or UONE?

E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urban One has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SSP or UONE?

67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.2% of Urban One shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of Urban One shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SSP or UONE?

Urban One received 59 more outperform votes than E.W. Scripps when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.20% of users gave Urban One an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave E.W. Scripps an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
E.W. Scripps	Outperform Votes 12 35.29%	Underperform Votes 22 64.71%
Urban One	Outperform Votes 71 58.20%	Underperform Votes 51 41.80%

Is SSP or UONE more profitable?

E.W. Scripps has a net margin of -8.55% compared to Urban One's net margin of -17.82%. Urban One's return on equity of 17.29% beat E.W. Scripps' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
E.W. Scripps	-8.55%	9.40%	1.34%
Urban One	-17.82%	17.29%	4.02%

Summary

E.W. Scripps beats Urban One on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.