TGNA vs. TV, SBGI, GTN.A, NXST, PARA, LEG, CENTA, ATAT, SPB, and CUK
Should you be buying TEGNA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TEGNA include Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), Sinclair (SBGI), Gray Television (GTN.A), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Paramount Global (PARA), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Spectrum Brands (SPB), and Carnival Co. & (CUK). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (NYSE:TV) and TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
TEGNA received 173 more outperform votes than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave TEGNA an outperform vote while only 54.07% of users gave Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. an outperform vote.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. presently has a consensus target price of $5.28, suggesting a potential upside of 60.98%. TEGNA has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.48%. Given TEGNA's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. is more favorable than TEGNA.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TEGNA has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TEGNA has a net margin of 19.48% compared to TEGNA's net margin of -11.78%. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s return on equity of 11.86% beat TEGNA's return on equity.
55.8% of Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of TEGNA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TEGNA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, TEGNA had 27 more articles in the media than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for TEGNA and 2 mentions for Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.. TEGNA's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.'s score of 0.63 indicating that Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. TEGNA pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. pays out -10.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TEGNA pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and TEGNA has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
TEGNA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TEGNA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TEGNA beats Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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