Gray Television (GTN.A) Competitors

Globalstar (NASDAQ:GSAT) and Gray Television (NYSE:GTN.A) are both transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GSAT or GTN.A?

Gray Television has higher revenue and earnings than Globalstar. Globalstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gray Television, 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
Globalstar	$253.90M	11.06	-$92.41M	-$0.73	-30.40
Gray Television	$3.60B	0.28	-$76M	$2.31	4.24

Is GSAT or GTN.A more profitable?

Gray Television has a net margin of 5.69% compared to Globalstar's net margin of 0.00%. Gray Television's return on equity of 9.60% beat Globalstar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Globalstar	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gray Television	5.69%	9.60%	1.85%

Does the media favor GSAT or GTN.A?

In the previous week, Gray Television had 3 more articles in the media than Globalstar. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Gray Television and 3 mentions for Globalstar. Globalstar's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Gray Television's score of 0.58 indicating that Globalstar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Globalstar	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gray Television	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, GSAT or GTN.A?

Globalstar has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gray Television has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GSAT or GTN.A?

Gray Television received 149 more outperform votes than Globalstar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.82% of users gave Gray Television an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Globalstar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Globalstar	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%
Gray Television	Outperform Votes 149 66.82%	Underperform Votes 74 33.18%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in GSAT or GTN.A?

18.9% of Globalstar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Gray Television shares are held by institutional investors. 61.0% of Globalstar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Gray Television shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Gray Television beats Globalstar on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.