EVC vs. SALM, BBGI, FWONA, NXST, SBGI, GTN, SSP, FENG, FOXA, and FOX
Should you be buying Entravision Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entravision Communications include Salem Media Group (SALM), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Formula One Group (FWONA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Sinclair (SBGI), Gray Television (GTN), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Phoenix New Media (FENG), FOX (FOXA), and FOX (FOX). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Entravision Communications vs.
Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC) and Salem Media Group (NASDAQ:SALM) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Salem Media Group had 2 more articles in the media than Entravision Communications. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Salem Media Group and 1 mentions for Entravision Communications. Entravision Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Salem Media Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Entravision Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Entravision Communications received 54 more outperform votes than Salem Media Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.08% of users gave Entravision Communications an outperform vote while only 46.21% of users gave Salem Media Group an outperform vote.
Entravision Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Salem Media Group pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Entravision Communications pays out -12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Salem Media Group pays out 18.9% 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. Entravision Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
69.5% of Entravision Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of Salem Media Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Entravision Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Salem Media Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Entravision Communications has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salem Media Group has a beta of -0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Entravision Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Salem Media Group. Entravision Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Salem Media Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Salem Media Group has a net margin of -3.80% compared to Entravision Communications' net margin of -14.25%. Salem Media Group's return on equity of -5.79% beat Entravision Communications' return on equity.
Summary
Entravision Communications beats Salem Media Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EVC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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