Gray Media (GTN.A) Competitors

Gray Media (NYSE:GTN.A) and VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) are both communication companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GTN.A or VEON?

0.3% of Gray Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of VEON shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Gray Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor GTN.A or VEON?

In the previous week, VEON had 5 more articles in the media than Gray Media. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for VEON and 8 mentions for Gray Media. Gray Media's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat VEON's score of 0.01 indicating that Gray Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gray Media	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
VEON	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GTN.A or VEON?

VEON has higher revenue and earnings than Gray Media. Gray Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VEON, 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
Gray Media	$3.64B	0.27	$375M	$2.31	4.25
VEON	$4.00B	1.04	$415M	$6.34	8.86

Do analysts recommend GTN.A or VEON?

VEON has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.76%. Given VEON's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VEON is more favorable than Gray Media.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gray Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
VEON	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

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

Gray Media has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VEON has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GTN.A or VEON more profitable?

VEON has a net margin of 23.75% compared to Gray Media's net margin of 7.72%. VEON's return on equity of 75.40% beat Gray Media's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gray Media	7.72%	12.75%	2.63%
VEON	23.75%	75.40%	12.43%

Summary

VEON beats Gray Media on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.