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).
Salem Media Group (NASDAQ:SALM) and Beasley Broadcast Group (NASDAQ:BBGI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
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 higher revenue and earnings than Beasley Broadcast Group.
Salem Media Group has a net margin of -17.49% compared to Beasley Broadcast Group's net margin of -29.37%. Beasley Broadcast Group's return on equity of -2.24% beat Salem Media Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Salem Media Group and Salem Media Group both had 3 articles in the media. Beasley Broadcast Group's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Salem Media Group's score of -0.08 indicating that Beasley Broadcast Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
10.1% of Salem Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.7% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of Salem Media Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.5% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Salem Media Group has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beasley Broadcast Group has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Beasley Broadcast Group beats Salem Media Group on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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