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

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

WideOpenWest vs. Its Competitors

WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) and Newsmax (NYSE:NMAX) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of WideOpenWest 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.

WideOpenWest has higher revenue and earnings than Newsmax.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WideOpenWest$604.80M0.73-$58.80M-$0.79-6.50
Newsmax$171.02M9.67-$72.17MN/AN/A

Newsmax has a net margin of 0.00% compared to WideOpenWest's net margin of -10.70%. Newsmax's return on equity of 0.00% beat WideOpenWest's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WideOpenWest-10.70% -32.26% -4.31%
Newsmax N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Newsmax had 2 more articles in the media than WideOpenWest. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Newsmax and 1 mentions for WideOpenWest. Newsmax's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat WideOpenWest's score of 0.00 indicating that Newsmax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WideOpenWest
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Newsmax
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

WideOpenWest currently has a consensus price target of $5.85, indicating a potential upside of 13.92%. Newsmax has a consensus price target of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 67.84%. Given Newsmax's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Newsmax is more favorable than WideOpenWest.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WideOpenWest
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Newsmax
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Newsmax beats WideOpenWest on 9 of the 13 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$439.99M$23.98B$8.36B$21.58B
Dividend YieldN/A1.48%2.99%3.48%
P/E Ratio-6.504.0918.5529.75
Price / Sales0.733.305.2186.27
Price / Cash2.835.8817.0525.00
Price / Book2.091.265.104.58
Net Income-$58.80M$3.13B$256.92M$999.94M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.19%2.04%0.68%
1 Month Performance1.28%13.76%18.14%3.10%
1 Year Performance-6.64%11.53%52.00%14.39%

WideOpenWest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WOW
WideOpenWest
1.1668 of 5 stars
$5.14
+0.1%
$5.85
+13.9%
-4.0%$439.99M$604.80M-6.501,320Positive News
NMAX
Newsmax
N/A$12.85
-3.5%
$21.50
+67.3%
N/A$1.72B$171.02M0.00400Analyst Upgrade
ADEA
Adeia
3.75 of 5 stars
$15.37
-0.4%
$19.50
+26.9%
+35.7%$1.69B$376.02M20.77120Positive News
LILAK
Liberty Global
1.0894 of 5 stars
$7.98
-2.3%
$7.85
-1.6%
-18.4%$1.63B$4.46B-1.3510,000Positive News
TV
Grupo Televisa
4.0025 of 5 stars
$2.84
-3.2%
$4.70
+65.8%
+58.0%$1.62B$60.29B-3.7828,038News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
LILA
Liberty Latin America
2.9354 of 5 stars
$7.83
-2.1%
$6.50
-17.0%
-20.1%$1.60B$4.46B-1.3210,000Positive News
GOGO
Gogo
3.9997 of 5 stars
$10.76
+0.4%
$14.83
+37.9%
+31.4%$1.43B$444.71M269.00380Positive News
GTN.A
Gray Media
N/A$9.68
-6.0%
N/A+28.7%$1.05B$3.64B6.418,610Gap Down
ATUS
Altice USA
4.013 of 5 stars
$2.25
+0.2%
$3.00
+33.6%
+16.2%$1.05B$8.95B-3.8710,900Positive News
CABO
Cable One
4.6517 of 5 stars
$163.59
-0.2%
$279.25
+70.7%
-46.9%$922.37M$1.58B-1.852,817
GTN
Gray Media
4.6691 of 5 stars
$6.21
+1.4%
$6.88
+10.8%
+27.9%$624.77M$3.64B4.119,502News Coverage
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