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TGNA vs. TIMB, KT, FYBR, LBRDK, LBRDA, SKM, LLYVK, TIGO, LLYVA, 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), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), SK Telecom (SKM), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C (LLYVK), Millicom International Cellular (TIGO), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A (LLYVA), 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 mid-cap communication companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

In the previous week, TEGNA had 5 more articles in the media than TIM. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TEGNA and 0 mentions for TIM. TEGNA's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat TIM's score of 0.00 indicating that TEGNA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
TEGNA Positive
TIM Neutral

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$3.10B1.04$599.82M$2.787.22
TIM$4.72B2.13$584.73M$1.2916.09

92.2% of TEGNA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of TEGNA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

TEGNA presently has a consensus target price of $19.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.59%. TIM has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.61%. Given TIM's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TIM is more favorable than TEGNA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TEGNA
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
TIM
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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 4.5%. 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 18 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$3.23B$21.92B$8.16B$21.48B
Dividend Yield2.49%5.74%3.16%3.67%
P/E Ratio7.2233.3817.8929.66
Price / Sales1.041.426.0186.22
Price / Cash5.059.5514.2617.79
Price / Book1.082.224.874.63
Net Income$599.82M$30.12M$255.96M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.45%-5.45%-4.03%-1.84%
1 Month Performance-4.66%-4.81%-4.41%0.55%
1 Year Performance24.89%433.33%34.55%13.45%

TEGNA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TGNA
TEGNA
1.7776 of 5 stars
$20.07
-0.1%
$19.75
-1.6%
+25.0%$3.23B$3.10B7.225,900
TIMB
TIM
4.2314 of 5 stars
$22.08
flat
$21.50
-2.6%
+35.1%$10.69B$4.72B17.129,127
KT
KT
3.9302 of 5 stars
$19.49
-0.9%
N/A+22.5%$10.14B$19.37B14.4416,927Analyst Downgrade
FYBR
Frontier Communications Parent
0.9606 of 5 stars
$37.35
-0.2%
$38.50
+3.1%
+5.9%$9.37B$5.94B-24.1013,000Positive News
LBRDK
Liberty Broadband
3.4815 of 5 stars
$65.22
+1.1%
N/A-24.4%$9.26B$1.02B8.601,900
LBRDA
Liberty Broadband
4.3106 of 5 stars
$65.00
+1.2%
$100.67
+54.9%
-24.3%$9.22B$1.05B8.581,900Positive News
SKM
SK Telecom
3.0397 of 5 stars
$21.47
-0.9%
N/A-7.7%$8.54B$13.15B11.0124,224Positive News
LLYVK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C
0.9607 of 5 stars
$90.05
-0.5%
N/A+65.2%$8.31BN/A-28.866,800Positive News
TIGO
Millicom International Cellular
4.0698 of 5 stars
$48.47
+0.7%
$42.02
-13.3%
+77.6%$8.29B$5.80B8.5514,000Analyst Upgrade
LLYVA
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A
0.551 of 5 stars
$87.28
-0.7%
N/A+65.2%$8.07BN/A-27.976,800Positive News
GSAT
Globalstar
0.8582 of 5 stars
$44.74
+6.2%
N/AN/A$5.34B$250.35M-99.42330Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:TGNA) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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