Gray Television (GTN) Competitors

Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) and Gray Television (NYSE:GTN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ADEA or GTN?

97.4% of Adeia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Gray Television shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Adeia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Gray Television shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ADEA or GTN more profitable?

Adeia has a net margin of 17.19% compared to Gray Television's net margin of 5.69%. Adeia's return on equity of 32.81% beat Gray Television's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adeia	17.19%	32.81%	11.24%
Gray Television	5.69%	9.60%	1.85%

Is ADEA or GTN a better dividend stock?

Adeia pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Gray Television pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Adeia pays out 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gray Television pays out 13.9% 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. Gray Television is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ADEA or GTN?

Adeia has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gray Television. Gray Television is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, 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
Adeia	$380.29M	3.71	$64.62M	$0.66	19.71
Gray Television	$3.60B	0.11	-$76M	$2.31	1.66

Which has more risk and volatility, ADEA or GTN?

Adeia has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gray Television has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ADEA or GTN?

Adeia presently has a consensus target price of $17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 33.23%. Gray Television has a consensus target price of $6.17, suggesting a potential upside of 61.22%. Given Gray Television's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gray Television is more favorable than Adeia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adeia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gray Television	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor ADEA or GTN?

In the previous week, Gray Television had 2 more articles in the media than Adeia. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Gray Television and 6 mentions for Adeia. Adeia's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Gray Television's score of 0.57 indicating that Adeia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adeia	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Gray Television	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADEA or GTN?

Gray Television received 388 more outperform votes than Adeia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.00% of users gave Adeia an outperform vote while only 66.72% of users gave Gray Television an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adeia	Outperform Votes 23 92.00%	Underperform Votes 2 8.00%
Gray Television	Outperform Votes 411 66.72%	Underperform Votes 205 33.28%

Summary

Adeia beats Gray Television on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.