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AREN vs. GTN.A, CABO, GTN, ATEX, TSAT, SPIR, WOW, IHRT, SSP, and CXDO

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), Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN), Anterix (ATEX), Telesat (TSAT), Spire Global (SPIR), WideOpenWest (WOW), iHeartMedia (IHRT), E.W. Scripps (SSP), and Crexendo (CXDO). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

The Arena Group vs. Its Competitors

Gray Media (NYSE:GTN.A) and The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Gray Media has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Arena Group has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gray Media$3.64B0.25$375M$2.313.82
The Arena Group$128.78M2.56-$55.58M$0.05138.80

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gray Media7.72% 12.75% 2.63%
The Arena Group -70.59%N/A -15.23%

0.3% of Gray Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of The Arena Group shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Gray Media shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

The Arena Group has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.09%. Given The Arena Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The Arena Group is more favorable than Gray Media.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gray Media
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
The Arena Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Gray Media had 6 more articles in the media than The Arena Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Gray Media and 1 mentions for The Arena Group. Gray Media's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat The Arena Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Gray Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gray Media
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
The Arena Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Gray Media beats The Arena Group on 10 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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AREN vs. The Competition

MetricThe Arena GroupCable & other pay television services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$330.07M$307.61M$20.59B$20.65B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.83%3.67%
P/E Ratio-1.63N/A24.2229.28
Price / Sales2.561.4543.3062.20
Price / CashN/AN/A27.4023.31
Price / Book-2.80N/A5.684.42
Net Income-$55.58M-$90.80M$196.72M$995.90M
7 Day Performance10.69%5.34%-0.69%-0.17%
1 Month Performance11.94%5.97%-2.22%-0.70%
1 Year Performance697.70%348.85%37.01%15.60%

The Arena Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AREN
The Arena Group
1.7281 of 5 stars
$6.94
+2.4%
$10.00
+44.1%
+737.0%$330.07M$128.78M-1.63360
GTN.A
Gray Media
N/A$10.10
-10.2%
N/A+29.2%$1.03B$3.60B4.378,610Gap Down
CABO
Cable One
4.2483 of 5 stars
$136.98
-3.9%
$309.25
+125.8%
-64.0%$771.17M$1.58B-54.572,817Earnings Report
GTN
Gray Media
4.789 of 5 stars
$4.65
-4.6%
$6.17
+32.8%
-11.8%$470.64M$3.64B2.019,502Upcoming Earnings
ATEX
Anterix
2.2794 of 5 stars
$21.78
-0.2%
$67.00
+207.6%
-41.0%$407.29M$6.03M-34.5770News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
TSAT
Telesat
1.0298 of 5 stars
$24.28
-4.1%
N/A+215.7%$331.73M$416.79M-5.44470News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
SPIR
Spire Global
2.2107 of 5 stars
$10.19
-3.5%
$18.20
+78.7%
-8.8%$316.68M$99.50M-2.93370Upcoming Earnings
WOW
WideOpenWest
2.2551 of 5 stars
$3.41
-3.8%
$6.50
+90.9%
-32.8%$291.06M$630.90M-4.861,320News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
IHRT
iHeartMedia
2.4959 of 5 stars
$1.91
-3.8%
$2.92
+53.1%
+24.6%$281.22M$3.86B-0.2310,100Upcoming Earnings
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.2001 of 5 stars
$3.12
-7.6%
$6.00
+92.6%
+2.7%$273.22M$2.47B3.395,000Upcoming Earnings
CXDO
Crexendo
2.954 of 5 stars
$5.62
-2.5%
$8.38
+49.2%
+46.7%$162.98M$62.61M70.18120News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:AREN) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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