GTN vs. TV, SBGI, GTN.A, SSP, EVC, FENG, FOXA, FOX, PARAA, and PARA
Should you be buying Gray Television stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gray Television include Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Sinclair (SBGI), Gray Television (GTN.A), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Entravision Communications (EVC), Phoenix New Media (FENG), FOX (FOXA), FOX (FOX), Paramount Global (PARAA), and Paramount Global (PARA). These companies are all part of the "television broadcasting stations" industry.
Gray Television (NYSE:GTN) and Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (NYSE:TV) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Gray Television has a net margin of 1.30% compared to Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s net margin of -12.41%. Gray Television's return on equity of 2.13% beat Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s return on equity.
Gray Television received 125 more outperform votes than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.05% of users gave Gray Television an outperform vote while only 54.16% of users gave Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. an outperform vote.
78.6% of Gray Television shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.8% of Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Gray Television shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gray Television has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.. Gray Television is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. had 4 more articles in the media than Gray Television. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. and 6 mentions for Gray Television. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Gray Television's score of -0.25 indicating that Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gray Television currently has a consensus target price of $11.40, suggesting a potential upside of 75.79%. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. has a consensus target price of $5.28, suggesting a potential upside of 135.71%. Given Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. is more favorable than Gray Television.
Gray Television pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Gray Television pays out -266.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. pays out -10.3% 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.
Gray Television has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gray Television beats Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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