Cable One (CABO) Competitors

Cable One (NYSE:CABO) and TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the media favor CABO or TGNA?

In the previous week, TEGNA had 5 more articles in the media than Cable One. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for TEGNA and 3 mentions for Cable One. TEGNA's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Cable One's score of 0.84 indicating that TEGNA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cable One	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TEGNA	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CABO or TGNA?

89.9% of Cable One shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of TEGNA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Cable One shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of TEGNA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CABO or TGNA a better dividend stock?

Cable One pays an annual dividend of $11.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. TEGNA pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Cable One pays out -470.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TEGNA pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. TEGNA has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Cable One is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CABO or TGNA?

TEGNA has higher revenue and earnings than Cable One. Cable One is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TEGNA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cable One	$1.58B	0.44	$14.48M	-$2.51	-49.74
TEGNA	$3.10B	0.89	$599.82M	$2.84	6.02

Which has more volatility and risk, CABO or TGNA?

Cable One has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TEGNA has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CABO or TGNA?

Cable One currently has a consensus price target of $309.25, indicating a potential upside of 147.72%. TEGNA has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.92%. Given Cable One's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cable One is more favorable than TEGNA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cable One	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
TEGNA	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is CABO or TGNA more profitable?

TEGNA has a net margin of 15.29% compared to Cable One's net margin of -0.69%. TEGNA's return on equity of 17.13% beat Cable One's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cable One	-0.69%	9.38%	2.61%
TEGNA	15.29%	17.13%	6.94%

Summary

TEGNA beats Cable One on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.