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TGNA vs. TIMB, KT, FYBR, SKM, LLYVK, LBRDK, LBRDA, LLYVA, TIGO, and GSAT

Should you be buying TEGNA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TEGNA include TIM (TIMB), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), SK Telecom (SKM), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C (LLYVK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A (LLYVA), Millicom International Cellular (TIGO), and Globalstar (GSAT). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

TEGNA vs. Its Competitors

TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) and TIM (NYSE:TIMB) are both communication companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

TEGNA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TIM. TEGNA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TIM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TEGNA$3.03B1.06$599.82M$2.787.21
TIM$26.04B0.42$584.73M$1.2917.58

92.2% of TEGNA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of TEGNA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, TEGNA had 5 more articles in the media than TIM. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for TEGNA and 5 mentions for TIM. TIM's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat TEGNA's score of 0.57 indicating that TIM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TEGNA
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
TIM
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

TEGNA has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TIM has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TEGNA has a net margin of 14.99% compared to TIM's net margin of 13.91%. TEGNA's return on equity of 16.20% beat TIM's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TEGNA14.99% 16.20% 6.68%
TIM 13.91%13.99%6.37%

TEGNA currently has a consensus target price of $19.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.40%. TIM has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential downside of 5.21%. Given TEGNA's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TEGNA is more favorable than TIM.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TEGNA
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
TIM
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

TEGNA pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. TIM pays an annual dividend of $0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. TEGNA pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TIM pays out 72.1% 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. TEGNA has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Summary

TEGNA beats TIM on 12 of the 20 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 TGNA 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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TGNA vs. The Competition

MetricTEGNABRDCST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.21B$20.83B$8.39B$21.97B
Dividend Yield2.51%5.38%3.08%3.57%
P/E Ratio7.2137.5019.7533.44
Price / Sales1.061.276.5490.90
Price / Cash5.0229.1316.4824.54
Price / Book1.072.114.954.66
Net Income$599.82M$30.12M$257.16M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.36%3.01%2.08%2.22%
1 Month Performance-2.29%-2.98%-1.37%2.07%
1 Year Performance23.72%388.14%39.94%14.05%

TEGNA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TGNA
TEGNA
2.464 of 5 stars
$20.03
+0.4%
$19.75
-1.4%
+23.5%$3.21B$3.03B7.215,900News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TIMB
TIM
4.4532 of 5 stars
$22.20
+1.7%
$21.50
-3.2%
+49.2%$10.57B$4.72B17.219,127News Coverage
Gap Up
KT
KT
3.8247 of 5 stars
$19.25
+1.3%
N/A+18.5%$9.80B$19.37B14.2616,927Analyst Forecast
FYBR
Frontier Communications Parent
0.3358 of 5 stars
$37.57
+0.1%
N/A+3.8%$9.39B$5.94B-24.2413,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SKM
SK Telecom
1.2552 of 5 stars
$21.51
-0.2%
N/A-9.9%$8.48B$13.15B11.0324,224Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LLYVK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C
0.862 of 5 stars
$92.71
+1.5%
N/A+61.5%$8.40BN/A-29.716,800News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LBRDK
Liberty Broadband
4.0713 of 5 stars
$58.00
-0.6%
N/A-30.4%$8.37B$1.02B7.651,900Positive News
LBRDA
Liberty Broadband
4.1752 of 5 stars
$57.79
-0.5%
$100.67
+74.2%
-30.2%$8.33B$1.02B7.621,900Positive News
LLYVA
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A
0.1903 of 5 stars
$89.92
+1.6%
N/A+62.0%$8.13BN/A-28.826,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TIGO
Millicom International Cellular
3.1182 of 5 stars
$47.16
-0.2%
$42.02
-10.9%
+68.0%$8.13B$5.80B8.3214,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GSAT
Globalstar
0.5655 of 5 stars
$44.49
+2.1%
N/AN/A$5.52B$250.35M-98.87330News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:TGNA) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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