TGNA vs. PARA, NXST, TV, SBGI, GTN.A, GTN, SSP, EVC, FENG, and FOXA
Should you be buying TEGNA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TEGNA include Paramount Global (PARA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Sinclair (SBGI), Gray Television (GTN.A), Gray Television (GTN), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Entravision Communications (EVC), Phoenix New Media (FENG), and FOX (FOXA).
TEGNA vs. Its Competitors
TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) and Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
TEGNA has a net margin of 15.29% compared to Paramount Global's net margin of -19.09%. TEGNA's return on equity of 17.13% beat Paramount Global's return on equity.
TEGNA pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. TEGNA pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Global pays out -2.4% 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.
In the previous week, Paramount Global had 8 more articles in the media than TEGNA. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Paramount Global and 5 mentions for TEGNA. TEGNA's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Paramount Global's score of 0.86 indicating that TEGNA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.2% of TEGNA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Paramount Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of TEGNA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Paramount Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TEGNA presently has a consensus target price of $20.25, indicating a potential upside of 22.97%. Paramount Global has a consensus target price of $11.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.87%. Given TEGNA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe TEGNA is more favorable than Paramount Global.
TEGNA received 437 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.94% of users gave TEGNA an outperform vote while only 14.97% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.
TEGNA has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Global has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
TEGNA beats Paramount Global on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:TGNA) was last updated on 6/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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