TEGNA (TGNA) Competitors

TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) and Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARAA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TGNA or PARAA?

92.2% of TEGNA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.0% of Paramount Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of TEGNA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Paramount Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TGNA or PARAA?

TEGNA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Paramount Global. Paramount Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TEGNA, 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
TEGNA	$3.10B	1.10	$599.82M	$2.78	7.60
Paramount Global	$29.21B	0.39	-$6.19B	-$0.03	-563.67

Do analysts rate TGNA or PARAA?

TEGNA presently has a consensus target price of $19.75, suggesting a potential downside of 6.51%. Given TEGNA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TEGNA is more favorable than Paramount Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TEGNA	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Paramount Global	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has more volatility and risk, TGNA or PARAA?

TEGNA has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Global has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TGNA or PARAA a better dividend stock?

TEGNA pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. TEGNA pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Global pays out -666.7% 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 and Paramount Global has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. TEGNA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer TGNA or PARAA?

In the previous week, TEGNA had 7 more articles in the media than Paramount Global. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for TEGNA and 3 mentions for Paramount Global. TEGNA's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Paramount Global's score of 0.21 indicating that TEGNA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TEGNA	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Paramount Global	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TGNA or PARAA more profitable?

TEGNA has a net margin of 14.99% compared to Paramount Global's net margin of -0.05%. TEGNA's return on equity of 16.20% beat Paramount Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TEGNA	14.99%	16.20%	6.68%
Paramount Global	-0.05%	4.51%	1.68%

Summary

TEGNA beats Paramount Global on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.