NXST vs. CETV, GTN, SSP, FWONA, SBGI, EVC, BBGI, SALM, FOXA, and FOX
Should you be buying Nexstar Media Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nexstar Media Group include Central European Media Enterprises (CETV), Gray Television (GTN), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Formula One Group (FWONA), Sinclair (SBGI), Entravision Communications (EVC), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Salem Media Group (SALM), FOX (FOXA), and FOX (FOX). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) and Central European Media Enterprises (NASDAQ:CETV) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
95.3% of Nexstar Media Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Central European Media Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Nexstar Media Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Central European Media Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Nexstar Media Group currently has a consensus price target of $206.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.62%. Given Nexstar Media Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Nexstar Media Group is more favorable than Central European Media Enterprises.
Nexstar Media Group received 306 more outperform votes than Central European Media Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.41% of users gave Nexstar Media Group an outperform vote while only 65.33% of users gave Central European Media Enterprises an outperform vote.
Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central European Media Enterprises has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Central European Media Enterprises has a net margin of 16.08% compared to Nexstar Media Group's net margin of 8.29%. Central European Media Enterprises' return on equity of 33.21% beat Nexstar Media Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Nexstar Media Group had 15 more articles in the media than Central European Media Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Nexstar Media Group and 0 mentions for Central European Media Enterprises. Nexstar Media Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Central European Media Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Nexstar Media Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nexstar Media Group has higher revenue and earnings than Central European Media Enterprises.
Summary
Nexstar Media Group beats Central European Media Enterprises on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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