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GTN vs. NXST, SBGI, GTN.A, NMAX, ADEA, LILAK, LILA, TV, ATUS, and CABO

Should you be buying Gray Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gray Media include Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Sinclair (SBGI), Gray Media (GTN.A), Newsmax (NMAX), Adeia (ADEA), Liberty Global (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Grupo Televisa (TV), Altice USA (ATUS), and Cable One (CABO).

Gray Media vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Gray Media had 10 more articles in the media than Nexstar Media Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Gray Media and 8 mentions for Nexstar Media Group. Nexstar Media Group's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Gray Media's score of 0.33 indicating that Nexstar Media Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nexstar Media Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gray Media
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Nexstar Media Group pays an annual dividend of $7.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Gray Media pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Nexstar Media Group pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gray Media 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. Nexstar Media Group has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Gray Media is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

95.3% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Gray Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of Gray Media shares are owned by company 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.

Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gray Media has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Nexstar Media Group presently has a consensus price target of $205.71, suggesting a potential upside of 14.27%. Gray Media has a consensus price target of $6.17, suggesting a potential upside of 14.62%. Given Gray Media's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gray Media is more favorable than Nexstar Media Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nexstar Media Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Gray Media
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Nexstar Media Group has higher revenue and earnings than Gray Media. Gray Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexstar Media Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nexstar Media Group$5.41B1.02$722M$19.749.12
Gray Media$3.64B0.15$375M$2.312.33

Nexstar Media Group has a net margin of 12.21% compared to Gray Media's net margin of 7.72%. Nexstar Media Group's return on equity of 29.21% beat Gray Media's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nexstar Media Group12.21% 29.21% 5.64%
Gray Media 7.72%12.75%2.63%

Summary

Nexstar Media Group beats Gray Media on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GTN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GTN vs. The Competition

MetricGray MediaBRDCST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$546.29M$21.77B$8.28B$20.57B
Dividend Yield5.97%5.05%3.11%3.71%
P/E Ratio2.339.7021.2527.81
Price / Sales0.151.473.3253.75
Price / Cash0.759.0314.7017.96
Price / Book0.232.174.644.57
Net Income$375M-$19.04M$214.95M$987.45M
7 Day Performance13.74%2.88%1.53%1.12%
1 Month Performance40.47%12.64%45.21%5.46%
1 Year Performance4.47%17.02%16.07%10.29%

Gray Media Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GTN
Gray Media
4.6798 of 5 stars
$5.38
-4.3%
$6.17
+14.6%
+4.5%$546.29M$3.64B2.339,502Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
NXST
Nexstar Media Group
4.5616 of 5 stars
$176.71
-2.5%
$205.71
+16.4%
+3.4%$5.53B$5.41B8.9513,005Positive News
SBGI
Sinclair
3.6933 of 5 stars
$14.22
-3.9%
$18.50
+30.1%
+0.9%$1.03B$3.55B7.077,200
GTN.A
Gray Media
N/A$10.91
-3.4%
N/A+18.2%$1.15B$3.64B4.728,610
NMAX
Newsmax
N/A$14.50
-3.6%
N/AN/A$1.93B$171.02M0.00400
ADEA
Adeia
3.6368 of 5 stars
$14.37
-1.8%
$19.50
+35.7%
+29.6%$1.59B$376.02M13.68120Positive News
LILAK
Liberty Global
3.5174 of 5 stars
$6.57
-0.5%
$10.27
+56.3%
-35.4%$1.32B$4.46B-1.6310,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
LILA
Liberty Latin America
3.4476 of 5 stars
$6.42
-1.1%
$6.50
+1.2%
-36.9%$1.30B$4.46B0.0010,000Positive News
TV
Grupo Televisa
3.2148 of 5 stars
$2.26
-3.4%
$3.87
+71.1%
-17.0%$1.30B$3.42B-2.8228,038
ATUS
Altice USA
3.008 of 5 stars
$2.21
-0.5%
$2.88
+30.1%
+25.7%$1.04B$8.95B0.0010,900
CABO
Cable One
4.9216 of 5 stars
$129.92
-5.4%
$309.25
+138.0%
-63.2%$773.03M$1.58B-51.762,817

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This page (NYSE:GTN) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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