SALM vs. BBGI, EEIQ, BNED, CTHR, DOGZ, NCL, CHSN, IHT, CNVS, and MSGM
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), EpicQuest Education Group International (EEIQ), Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), Charles & Colvard, Ltd. (CTHR), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Northann (NCL), Chanson International (CHSN), InnSuites Hospitality Trust (IHT), Cineverse (CNVS), and Motorsport Games (MSGM). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Beasley Broadcast Group (NASDAQ:BBGI) and Salem Media Group (NASDAQ:SALM) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
21.7% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of Salem Media Group shares are held by institutional investors. 56.5% of Beasley Broadcast Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Salem Media Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Beasley Broadcast Group has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Salem Media Group has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Salem Media Group received 33 more outperform votes than Beasley Broadcast Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.40% of users gave Salem Media Group an outperform vote while only 47.79% of users gave Beasley Broadcast Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Salem Media Group had 1 more articles in the media than Beasley Broadcast Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Salem Media Group and 5 mentions for Beasley Broadcast Group. Salem Media Group's average media sentiment score of -0.03 beat Beasley Broadcast Group's score of -0.28 indicating that Beasley Broadcast Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Salem Media Group has higher revenue and earnings than Beasley Broadcast Group. Beasley Broadcast Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Salem Media Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Salem Media Group has a net margin of -17.49% compared to Salem Media Group's net margin of -30.40%. Salem Media Group's return on equity of -3.99% beat Beasley Broadcast Group's return on equity.
Summary
Salem Media Group beats Beasley Broadcast Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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