Gray Television (GTN.A) Competitors

Newsmax (NYSE:NMAX) and Gray Television (NYSE:GTN.A) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NMAX or GTN.A?

0.3% of Gray Television shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Gray Television shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NMAX or GTN.A more profitable?

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

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

Does the media refer more to NMAX or GTN.A?

In the previous week, Newsmax had 6 more articles in the media than Gray Television. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Newsmax and 1 mentions for Gray Television. Gray Television's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Newsmax's score of 0.44 indicating that Gray Television is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NMAX or GTN.A?

Newsmax has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gray Television.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Newsmax	$175.72M	16.59	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gray Television	$3.60B	0.22	-$76M	$2.31	3.40

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NMAX or GTN.A?

Gray Television received 149 more outperform votes than Newsmax when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Newsmax	N/A	N/A
Gray Television	Outperform Votes 149 66.82%	Underperform Votes 74 33.18%

Summary

Gray Television beats Newsmax on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.