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$21.00 -0.04 (-0.17%)
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TGNA vs. TIMB, KT, FYBR, LLYVK, LLYVA, LBRDK, LBRDA, SKM, TIGO, and SNRE

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 Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C (LLYVK), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A (LLYVA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), SK Telecom (SKM), Millicom International Cellular (TIGO), and Sunrise Communications AG - Unsponsored Class A (SNRE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

TEGNA vs. Its 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.

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
TIM13.91% 13.99% 6.37%
TEGNA 14.99%16.20%6.68%

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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TIM$4.72B2.22$584.73M$1.2916.78
TEGNA$3.10B1.09$599.82M$2.787.56

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.

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

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.

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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$3.38B$22.43B$8.43B$21.65B
Dividend Yield2.38%5.26%3.00%3.50%
P/E Ratio7.5633.7718.6430.23
Price / Sales1.091.496.0658.72
Price / Cash5.2910.0814.9518.30
Price / Book1.132.335.054.66
Net Income$599.82M$30.12M$256.42M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.12%-0.80%12.36%1.11%
1 Month Performance-0.28%5.13%12.61%2.95%
1 Year Performance42.02%456.79%58.64%15.18%

TEGNA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TGNA
TEGNA
1.6078 of 5 stars
$21.01
-0.2%
$19.75
-6.0%
+38.6%$3.38B$3.10B7.565,900
TIMB
TIM
4.0223 of 5 stars
$21.32
+0.2%
$21.25
-0.3%
+27.7%$10.30B$4.72B16.539,127Analyst Upgrade
KT
KT
4.3076 of 5 stars
$20.07
+1.6%
N/A+25.9%$10.18B$19.37B14.8616,927Trending News
FYBR
Frontier Communications Parent
0.47 of 5 stars
$37.42
-0.3%
$38.50
+2.9%
+4.5%$9.39B$5.94B-24.1413,000Positive News
LLYVK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C
0.4361 of 5 stars
$99.57
-0.9%
N/A+126.8%$9.23BN/A-31.916,800Positive News
LLYVA
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A
0.9774 of 5 stars
$96.85
-0.6%
N/A+124.1%$8.95BN/A-31.046,800Positive News
LBRDK
Liberty Broadband
3.879 of 5 stars
$59.96
-1.0%
N/A+1.5%$8.69B$1.02B7.911,900Positive News
LBRDA
Liberty Broadband
4.4325 of 5 stars
$59.67
-1.0%
$100.67
+68.7%
+2.9%$8.65B$1.02B7.871,900Positive News
SKM
SK Telecom
1.4803 of 5 stars
$21.84
+0.2%
N/A-8.2%$8.58B$13.15B11.2024,224Positive News
TIGO
Millicom International Cellular
3.8881 of 5 stars
$47.65
+0.3%
$42.02
-11.8%
+74.7%$8.18B$5.80B8.4014,000Positive News
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SNRE
Sunrise Communications AG - Unsponsored Class A
N/A$55.93
-0.7%
N/AN/A$5.35B$3.43B0.002,950

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