AREN vs. CABO, GTN.A, GTN, WOW, IHRT, ATEX, TSAT, SPIR, SSP, and CXDO
Should you be buying The Arena Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Arena Group include Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN.A), Gray Media (GTN), WideOpenWest (WOW), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Anterix (ATEX), Telesat (TSAT), Spire Global (SPIR), E.W. Scripps (SSP), and Crexendo (CXDO). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
The Arena Group vs. Its Competitors
The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) and Cable One (NYSE:CABO) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
The Arena Group has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cable One has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cable One has higher revenue and earnings than The Arena Group. Cable One is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Arena Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.6% of The Arena Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Cable One shares are held by institutional investors. 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Cable One shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cable One has a net margin of -32.18% compared to The Arena Group's net margin of -70.59%. Cable One's return on equity of 8.40% beat The Arena Group's return on equity.
The Arena Group currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 134.83%. Cable One has a consensus price target of $279.25, indicating a potential upside of 59.81%. Given The Arena Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe The Arena Group is more favorable than Cable One.
In the previous week, Cable One had 2 more articles in the media than The Arena Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cable One and 2 mentions for The Arena Group. Cable One's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat The Arena Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cable One is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cable One beats The Arena Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:AREN) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
