Nexstar Media Group (NXST) Competitors

Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) and Central European Media Enterprises (NASDAQ:CETV) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer NXST or CETV?

Nexstar Media Group currently has a consensus target price of $206.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.33%. Given Nexstar Media Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nexstar Media Group is more favorable than Central European Media Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nexstar Media Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Central European Media Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, NXST or CETV?

Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central European Media Enterprises has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, NXST or CETV?

Nexstar Media Group has higher revenue and earnings than Central European Media Enterprises.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nexstar Media Group	$4.93B	1.10	$346M	$11.82	14.02
Central European Media Enterprises	$694.80M	1.67	$119.13M	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor NXST or CETV?

In the previous week, Nexstar Media Group had 4 more articles in the media than Central European Media Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Nexstar Media Group and 0 mentions for Central European Media Enterprises. Nexstar Media Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Central European Media Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Nexstar Media Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Nexstar Media Group	Positive
Central European Media Enterprises	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NXST or CETV?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nexstar Media Group	Outperform Votes 517 71.41%	Underperform Votes 207 28.59%
Central European Media Enterprises	Outperform Votes 211 65.33%	Underperform Votes 112 34.67%

Is NXST or CETV more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nexstar Media Group	8.29%	17.18%	3.40%
Central European Media Enterprises	16.08%	33.21%	7.32%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NXST or CETV?

95.3% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Central European Media Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Central European Media Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Nexstar Media Group beats Central European Media Enterprises on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.