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WOW vs. ADEA, GOGO, LILAK, LILA, NMAX, TV, ATUS, GTN.A, CABO, and GTN

Should you be buying WideOpenWest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WideOpenWest include Adeia (ADEA), Gogo (GOGO), Liberty Global (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Newsmax (NMAX), Grupo Televisa (TV), Altice USA (ATUS), Gray Media (GTN.A), Cable One (CABO), and Gray Media (GTN). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

WideOpenWest vs. Its Competitors

Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) and WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Adeia has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Adeia has a net margin of 22.15% compared to WideOpenWest's net margin of -10.70%. Adeia's return on equity of 30.31% beat WideOpenWest's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adeia22.15% 30.31% 10.92%
WideOpenWest -10.70%-32.26%-4.31%

In the previous week, Adeia had 5 more articles in the media than WideOpenWest. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Adeia and 1 mentions for WideOpenWest. Adeia's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat WideOpenWest's score of 0.00 indicating that Adeia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Adeia
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
WideOpenWest
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Adeia presently has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.27%. WideOpenWest has a consensus price target of $5.85, suggesting a potential upside of 15.04%. Given Adeia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Adeia is more favorable than WideOpenWest.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adeia
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20
WideOpenWest
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

97.4% of Adeia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Adeia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of WideOpenWest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Adeia has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adeia$376.02M4.53$64.62M$0.7421.04
WideOpenWest$630.90M0.69-$58.80M-$0.79-6.44

Summary

Adeia beats WideOpenWest on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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WOW vs. The Competition

MetricWideOpenWestCABLE TV IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$436.14M$26.79B$8.52B$21.25B
Dividend YieldN/A1.45%3.03%3.53%
P/E Ratio-6.444.1817.9129.20
Price / Sales0.693.535.3453.27
Price / Cash2.805.8516.9723.64
Price / Book2.411.284.765.36
Net Income-$58.80M$3.13B$227.38M$996.59M
7 Day PerformanceN/A4.96%2.51%2.99%
1 Month Performance43.64%4.96%13.21%2.88%
1 Year Performance-7.71%7.04%50.04%12.54%

WideOpenWest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WOW
WideOpenWest
1.4376 of 5 stars
$5.09
+0.1%
$5.85
+15.0%
-8.9%$436.14M$630.90M-6.441,320
ADEA
Adeia
4.0114 of 5 stars
$15.10
+0.8%
$19.50
+29.1%
+27.8%$1.64B$376.02M20.41120Positive News
GOGO
Gogo
4.2321 of 5 stars
$12.02
-0.9%
$14.83
+23.4%
+38.9%$1.62B$444.71M300.50380News Coverage
Positive News
LILAK
Liberty Global
1.4544 of 5 stars
$8.06
+0.9%
$7.90
-2.0%
-13.7%$1.60B$4.46B-1.3610,000Positive News
LILA
Liberty Latin America
3.0743 of 5 stars
$7.89
+0.9%
$6.50
-17.6%
-15.4%$1.56B$4.46B-1.3310,000Positive News
NMAX
Newsmax
N/A$13.96
+15.3%
$20.00
+43.3%
N/A$1.55B$171.02M0.00400Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
TV
Grupo Televisa
4.062 of 5 stars
$2.51
+1.6%
$4.70
+87.3%
+32.8%$1.37B$3.42B-3.3528,038News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
ATUS
Altice USA
4.0693 of 5 stars
$2.34
-1.5%
$3.05
+30.6%
+27.6%$1.11B$8.95B-4.0310,900
GTN.A
Gray Media
N/A$10.24
+6.4%
N/A+30.8%$982.91M$3.64B6.788,610Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CABO
Cable One
4.4687 of 5 stars
$157.34
+2.2%
$279.25
+77.5%
-54.6%$866.81M$1.58B-1.782,817Positive News
GTN
Gray Media
4.2266 of 5 stars
$5.79
-1.5%
$6.88
+18.7%
+20.3%$600.27M$3.64B3.839,502Positive News

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