SGA vs. EMMS, TSQ, IHRT, UONE, UONEK, CMLS, BBGI, SALM, SPOT, and TME
Should you be buying Saga Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Saga Communications include Emmis Communications (EMMS), Townsquare Media (TSQ), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Urban One (UONE), Urban One (UONEK), Cumulus Media (CMLS), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Salem Media Group (SALM), Spotify Technology (SPOT), and Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME).
Emmis Communications (NASDAQ:EMMS) and Saga Communications (NASDAQ:SGA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Emmis Communications has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Saga Communications has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Saga Communications had 5 more articles in the media than Emmis Communications. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Saga Communications and 0 mentions for Emmis Communications. Emmis Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Saga Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Saga Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Emmis Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Saga Communications.
Emmis Communications has a net margin of 85.66% compared to Emmis Communications' net margin of 6.25%. Emmis Communications' return on equity of 4.41% beat Saga Communications' return on equity.
35.7% of Emmis Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Saga Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of Emmis Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Saga Communications shares are held 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.
Emmis Communications received 135 more outperform votes than Saga Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Emmis Communications an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Saga Communications an outperform vote.
Summary
Emmis Communications and Saga Communications tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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