CSSE vs. SALM, BNED, MSGM, SLE, NCL, CTHR, DOGZ, DLA, IHT, and VMAR
Should you be buying Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment include Salem Media Group (SALM), Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), Motorsport Games (MSGM), Super League Enterprise (SLE), Northann (NCL), Charles & Colvard, Ltd. (CTHR), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Delta Apparel (DLA), InnSuites Hospitality Trust (IHT), and Vision Marine Technologies (VMAR). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (NASDAQ:CSSE) and Salem Media Group (NASDAQ:SALM) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Salem Media Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment.
In the previous week, Salem Media Group had 8 more articles in the media than Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Salem Media Group and 3 mentions for Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Salem Media Group's score of -0.15 indicating that Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
7.4% of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of Salem Media Group shares are held by institutional investors. 39.9% of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salem Media Group has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Salem Media Group has a net margin of -17.49% compared to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's net margin of -212.85%. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's return on equity of 0.00% beat Salem Media Group's return on equity.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 1,196.60%. Given Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is more favorable than Salem Media Group.
Salem Media Group received 38 more outperform votes than Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.11% of users gave Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment an outperform vote while only 51.07% of users gave Salem Media Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Salem Media Group beats Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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