WOW vs. GTN.A, CABO, GTN, ATEX, AREN, TSAT, SPIR, IHRT, SSP, and CXDO
Should you be buying WideOpenWest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WideOpenWest include Gray Media (GTN.A), Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN), Anterix (ATEX), The Arena Group (AREN), Telesat (TSAT), Spire Global (SPIR), iHeartMedia (IHRT), E.W. Scripps (SSP), and Crexendo (CXDO). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
WideOpenWest vs. Its Competitors
Gray Media (NYSE:GTN.A) and WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
0.3% of Gray Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Gray Media shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, WideOpenWest had 3 more articles in the media than Gray Media. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for WideOpenWest and 5 mentions for Gray Media. Gray Media's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat WideOpenWest's score of 0.38 indicating that Gray Media is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gray Media has higher revenue and earnings than WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gray Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gray Media has a net margin of 7.72% compared to WideOpenWest's net margin of -9.32%. Gray Media's return on equity of 12.75% beat WideOpenWest's return on equity.
Gray Media has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
WideOpenWest has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 104.72%. Given WideOpenWest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than Gray Media.
Summary
Gray Media beats WideOpenWest on 9 of the 16 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 WOW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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This page (NYSE:WOW) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
