SPIR vs. GTN.A, ATUS, CABO, GTN, WOW, ATEX, IHRT, TSAT, AREN, and SSP
Should you be buying Spire Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spire Global include Gray Media (GTN.A), Altice USA (ATUS), Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN), WideOpenWest (WOW), Anterix (ATEX), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Telesat (TSAT), The Arena Group (AREN), and E.W. Scripps (SSP). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Spire Global vs. Its Competitors
Gray Media (NYSE:GTN.A) and Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Gray Media has higher revenue and earnings than Spire Global. Spire Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gray Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Spire Global has a consensus target price of $18.20, indicating a potential upside of 85.24%. Given Spire Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spire Global is more favorable than Gray Media.
0.3% of Gray Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.0% of Spire Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Gray Media shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Spire Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gray Media has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spire Global has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gray Media has a net margin of 5.64% compared to Spire Global's net margin of -98.42%. Gray Media's return on equity of 10.31% beat Spire Global's return on equity.
In the previous week, Gray Media had 1 more articles in the media than Spire Global. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gray Media and 1 mentions for Spire Global. Spire Global's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Gray Media's score of 0.34 indicating that Spire Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Gray Media and Spire Global tied by winning 8 of the 16 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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This page (NYSE:SPIR) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
