SALM vs. BBGI, EMMS, CMLS, UONE, SGA, FWONA, NXST, SBGI, EVC, and SPOT
Should you be buying Salem Media Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Salem Media Group include Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Emmis Communications (EMMS), Cumulus Media (CMLS), Urban One (UONE), Saga Communications (SGA), Formula One Group (FWONA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Sinclair (SBGI), Entravision Communications (EVC), and Spotify Technology (SPOT).
Beasley Broadcast Group (NASDAQ:BBGI) and Salem Media Group (NASDAQ:SALM) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Salem Media Group received 33 more outperform votes than Beasley Broadcast Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.85% of users gave Salem Media Group an outperform vote while only 47.34% of users gave Beasley Broadcast Group an outperform vote.
Salem Media Group has a net margin of -17.49% compared to Salem Media Group's net margin of -29.37%. Salem Media Group's return on equity of -2.24% beat Beasley Broadcast Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Beasley Broadcast Group and Beasley Broadcast Group both had 3 articles in the media. Salem Media Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Beasley Broadcast Group's score of -0.07 indicating that Beasley Broadcast Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
21.7% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of Salem Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.5% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Salem Media Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Beasley Broadcast Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salem Media Group has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Salem Media Group has higher revenue and earnings than Beasley Broadcast Group.
Summary
Beasley Broadcast Group beats Salem Media Group on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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