AREN vs. GTN.A, ATUS, CABO, GTN, ATEX, SPIR, TSAT, WOW, SSP, and IHRT
Should you be buying The Arena Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Arena Group include Gray Media (GTN.A), Altice USA (ATUS), Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN), Anterix (ATEX), Spire Global (SPIR), Telesat (TSAT), WideOpenWest (WOW), E.W. Scripps (SSP), and iHeartMedia (IHRT). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
The Arena Group vs. Its Competitors
The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) and Gray Media (NYSE:GTN.A) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Gray Media had 1 more articles in the media than The Arena Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Gray Media and 7 mentions for The Arena Group. Gray Media's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat The Arena Group's score of -0.15 indicating that Gray Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Arena Group has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gray Media has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
85.6% of The Arena Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Gray Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Gray Media 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.
Gray Media has higher revenue and earnings than The Arena Group. Gray Media 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.
Gray Media has a net margin of 7.72% compared to The Arena Group's net margin of -70.59%. Gray Media's return on equity of 12.75% beat The Arena Group's return on equity.
Summary
Gray Media beats The Arena Group on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AREN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
