AREN vs. TRKAQ, OPTX, ATER, STBX, RBT, HKIT, VRAR, PRST, IPDN, and VRME
Should you be buying The Arena Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Arena Group include Troika Media Group (TRKAQ), Syntec Optics (OPTX), Aterian (ATER), Starbox Group (STBX), Rubicon Technologies (RBT), Hitek Global (HKIT), The Glimpse Group (VRAR), Presto Automation (PRST), Professional Diversity Network (IPDN), and VerifyMe (VRME). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Troika Media Group (NASDAQ:TRKAQ) and The Arena Group (NYSE:AREN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
The Arena Group has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,658.03%. Given Troika Media Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Arena Group is more favorable than Troika Media Group.
The Arena Group received 4 more outperform votes than Troika Media Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
0.1% of Troika Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of The Arena Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Troika Media Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of The Arena Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Troika Media Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Troika Media Group's net margin of -22.76%. Troika Media Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat The Arena Group's return on equity.
Troika Media Group has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Arena Group has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Arena Group had 36 more articles in the media than Troika Media Group. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for The Arena Group and 0 mentions for Troika Media Group. Troika Media Group's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat The Arena Group's score of 0.00 indicating that The Arena Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Troika Media Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Arena Group.
Summary
The Arena Group beats Troika Media Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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