TEGNA (TGNA) Competitors

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

Is TIMB or TGNA more profitable?

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
TIM	13.91%	13.99%	6.37%
TEGNA	14.99%	16.20%	6.68%

Which has more risk and volatility, TIMB or TGNA?

TIM has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TEGNA has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TIMB or TGNA?

In the previous week, TEGNA had 1 more articles in the media than TIM. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for TEGNA and 3 mentions for TIM. TIM's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat TEGNA's score of -0.05 indicating that TIM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TIMB or TGNA?

TEGNA has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TIM	$4.72B	2.22	$584.73M	$1.29	16.78
TEGNA	$3.10B	1.09	$599.82M	$2.78	7.56

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TIMB or TGNA?

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate TIMB or TGNA?

TIM currently has a consensus price target of $21.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.80%. TEGNA has a consensus price target of $19.75, suggesting a potential downside of 5.97%. Given TIM's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TIM is more favorable than TEGNA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TIM	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
TEGNA	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is TIMB or TGNA a better dividend stock?

TIM pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. TEGNA pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. TIM pays out 67.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TEGNA pays out 18.0% 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 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.