AREN vs. ATUS, GTN.A, CABO, ATEX, GTN, WOW, SPIR, SSP, IHRT, and CXDO
Should you be buying The Arena Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Arena Group include Altice USA (ATUS), Gray Media (GTN.A), Cable One (CABO), Anterix (ATEX), Gray Media (GTN), WideOpenWest (WOW), Spire Global (SPIR), E.W. Scripps (SSP), iHeartMedia (IHRT), and Crexendo (CXDO). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
The Arena Group vs. Its Competitors
The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) and Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
85.6% of The Arena Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of Altice USA shares are held by institutional investors. 74.2% of The Arena Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of Altice USA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Altice USA had 1 more articles in the media than The Arena Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Altice USA and 3 mentions for The Arena Group. The Arena Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Altice USA's score of -0.16 indicating that The Arena Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Arena Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Altice USA. Altice USA 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.
Altice USA has a consensus price target of $2.88, suggesting a potential upside of 29.50%. Given Altice USA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Altice USA is more favorable than The Arena Group.
Altice USA has a net margin of -1.78% compared to The Arena Group's net margin of -70.59%.
The Arena Group has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altice USA has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Altice USA beats The Arena Group on 8 of the 15 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 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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