WOW vs. AMCX, SGC, HNST, COOK, IHRT, POWW, WEYS, LINC, GPRO, and DOYU
Should you be buying WideOpenWest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WideOpenWest include AMC Networks (AMCX), Superior Group of Companies (SGC), Honest (HNST), Traeger (COOK), iHeartMedia (IHRT), AMMO (POWW), Weyco Group (WEYS), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), GoPro (GPRO), and DouYu International (DOYU). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
AMC Networks (NASDAQ:AMCX) and WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
AMC Networks has higher revenue and earnings than WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMC Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, AMC Networks had 5 more articles in the media than WideOpenWest. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for AMC Networks and 2 mentions for WideOpenWest. AMC Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat WideOpenWest's score of 0.07 indicating that WideOpenWest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AMC Networks received 70 more outperform votes than WideOpenWest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.49% of users gave WideOpenWest an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave AMC Networks an outperform vote.
AMC Networks has a net margin of 7.95% compared to AMC Networks' net margin of -41.90%. WideOpenWest's return on equity of 30.42% beat AMC Networks' return on equity.
AMC Networks has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AMC Networks currently has a consensus target price of $11.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.49%. WideOpenWest has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 130.55%. Given AMC Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than AMC Networks.
78.5% of AMC Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.1% of AMC Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
AMC Networks beats WideOpenWest on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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