GTN vs. TV, SBGI, GTN.A, SSP, EVC, FENG, FOXA, FOX, PARAA, and PARA
Should you be buying Gray Television stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gray Television include Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Sinclair (SBGI), Gray Television (GTN.A), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Entravision Communications (EVC), Phoenix New Media (FENG), FOX (FOXA), FOX (FOX), Paramount Global (PARAA), and Paramount Global (PARA). These companies are all part of the "television broadcasting stations" industry.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (NYSE:TV) and Gray Television (NYSE:GTN) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Gray Television has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.. Gray Television is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gray Television has a net margin of 1.30% compared to Gray Television's net margin of -11.78%. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s return on equity of 2.13% beat Gray Television's return on equity.
In the previous week, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. had 1 more articles in the media than Gray Television. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. and 3 mentions for Gray Television. Gray Television's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s score of 0.56 indicating that Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gray Television has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gray Television received 125 more outperform votes than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.05% of users gave Gray Television an outperform vote while only 54.16% of users gave Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. an outperform vote.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. currently has a consensus price target of $5.28, suggesting a potential upside of 58.56%. Gray Television has a consensus price target of $11.40, suggesting a potential upside of 82.69%. Given Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gray Television is more favorable than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B..
55.8% of Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Gray Television shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Gray Television shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Gray Television pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. pays out -10.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gray Television pays out -266.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Gray Television is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Gray Television beats Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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