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The Arena Group (AREN) Competitors

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AREN vs. WOW, GTN, SPIR, SSP, CRGE, IHRT, CXDO, TSQ, VOCL, and SGA

Should you be buying The Arena Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Arena Group include WideOpenWest (WOW), Gray Television (GTN), Spire Global (SPIR), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Charge Enterprises (CRGE), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Crexendo (CXDO), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Creatd (VOCL), and Saga Communications (SGA). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

The Arena Group vs.

WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) and The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

WideOpenWest presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 66.11%. Given WideOpenWest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than The Arena Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WideOpenWest
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
The Arena Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

The Arena Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest 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
WideOpenWest$630.90M0.61-$287.70M-$0.71-6.36
The Arena Group$125.91M1.98-$55.58M-$3.94-1.33

WideOpenWest has a net margin of -14.17% compared to The Arena Group's net margin of -70.59%. The Arena Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat WideOpenWest's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WideOpenWest-14.17% -22.83% -3.60%
The Arena Group -70.59%N/A -15.23%

WideOpenWest received 444 more outperform votes than The Arena Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave WideOpenWest an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave The Arena Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WideOpenWestOutperform Votes
448
60.38%
Underperform Votes
294
39.62%
The Arena GroupOutperform Votes
4
36.36%
Underperform Votes
7
63.64%

WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Arena Group has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of The Arena Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of WideOpenWest 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, The Arena Group had 1 more articles in the media than WideOpenWest. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Arena Group and 2 mentions for WideOpenWest. The Arena Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat WideOpenWest's score of 0.00 indicating that The Arena Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WideOpenWest
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
The Arena Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

WideOpenWest beats The Arena Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AREN vs. The Competition

MetricThe Arena GroupCable & other pay television services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$248.74M$12.49B$22.15B$18.90B
Dividend YieldN/A4.78%2.59%4.02%
P/E Ratio-1.236.8330.6832.87
Price / Sales1.982.02171.6028.03
Price / CashN/A7.8031.5117.52
Price / Book-2.111.465.024.47
Net Income-$55.58M$588.01M$194.53M$1.02B
7 Day Performance14.19%3.39%0.82%0.73%
1 Month Performance192.18%5.49%3.54%-2.62%
1 Year Performance606.76%35.32%12.53%4.59%

The Arena Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AREN
The Arena Group
N/A$5.23
+4.6%
N/A+606.8%$248.74M$125.91M-1.23360
WOW
WideOpenWest
1.8756 of 5 stars
$4.13
-8.0%
$7.50
+81.6%
+24.7%$349.73M$630.90M-3.691,390Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
GTN
Gray Television
4.8001 of 5 stars
$3.21
-3.9%
$6.33
+97.3%
-44.3%$325.95M$3.64B2.148,610Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
SPIR
Spire Global
1.6802 of 5 stars
$8.14
-4.7%
$17.70
+117.4%
-5.6%$252.07M$110.45M-2.34370Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
SSP
E.W. Scripps
4.2035 of 5 stars
$2.03
-6.5%
$6.25
+207.9%
-50.8%$176.00M$2.51B-0.655,700Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CRGE
Charge Enterprises
N/A$0.71
+4.4%
N/A-23.5%$152.68M$641.37M-3.55290
IHRT
iHeartMedia
2.0193 of 5 stars
$1.00
+1.7%
$2.83
+183.3%
-50.7%$147.18M$3.85B-0.1511,000Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
CXDO
Crexendo
2.8226 of 5 stars
$4.17
-6.3%
$8.50
+103.8%
+17.3%$116.35M$60.84M139.05120Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.2415 of 5 stars
$6.77
-2.3%
$18.00
+165.9%
-43.8%$109.13M$450.98M-2.502,340Upcoming Earnings
VOCL
Creatd
N/A$0.38
+20.6%
N/A-77.5%$105.77M$4.80M-0.38186
SGA
Saga Communications
4.7765 of 5 stars
$11.40
-0.3%
N/A-51.2%$73.44M$112.92M15.83570Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:AREN) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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