EVC vs. SSP, GTN, EM, RCKY, HOFT, FLL, TSQ, VIRC, MAMO, and LVO
Should you be buying Entravision Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entravision Communications include E.W. Scripps (SSP), Gray Television (GTN), Smart Share Global (EM), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Full House Resorts (FLL), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Virco Mfg. (VIRC), Massimo Group (MAMO), and LiveOne (LVO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) and Entravision Communications (NYSE:EVC) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Entravision Communications had 10 more articles in the media than E.W. Scripps. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Entravision Communications and 3 mentions for E.W. Scripps. Entravision Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat E.W. Scripps' score of 0.51 indicating that E.W. Scripps is being referred to more favorably in the media.
E.W. Scripps currently has a consensus price target of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 165.42%. Given Entravision Communications' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than Entravision Communications.
Entravision Communications has a net margin of -5.79% compared to Entravision Communications' net margin of -41.33%. Entravision Communications' return on equity of 1.81% beat E.W. Scripps' return on equity.
Entravision Communications received 284 more outperform votes than E.W. Scripps when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.46% of users gave Entravision Communications an outperform vote while only 34.78% of users gave E.W. Scripps an outperform vote.
E.W. Scripps has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entravision Communications has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Entravision Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than E.W. Scripps. Entravision Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than E.W. Scripps, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Entravision Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of E.W. Scripps shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Entravision Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Entravision Communications beats E.W. Scripps on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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