WideOpenWest (WOW) Competitors

AMC Networks (NASDAQ:AMCX) and WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) 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 media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Do analysts rate AMCX or WOW?

AMC Networks currently has a consensus price target of $11.75, suggesting a potential downside of 24.73%. WideOpenWest has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 65.63%. Given AMC Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than AMC Networks.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AMC Networks	3 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.40
WideOpenWest	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer AMCX or WOW?

In the previous week, AMC Networks had 17 more articles in the media than WideOpenWest. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for AMC Networks and 0 mentions for WideOpenWest. AMC Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat WideOpenWest's score of 0.50 indicating that WideOpenWest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AMC Networks	Positive
WideOpenWest	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMCX or WOW?

AMC Networks received 70 more outperform votes than WideOpenWest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.41% of users gave WideOpenWest an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave AMC Networks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AMC Networks	Outperform Votes 517 54.48%	Underperform Votes 432 45.52%
WideOpenWest	Outperform Votes 447 60.41%	Underperform Votes 293 39.59%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AMCX or WOW?

78.5% of AMC Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are held by institutional investors. 27.1% of AMC Networks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of WideOpenWest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, AMCX or WOW?

AMC Networks has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AMCX or WOW more profitable?

AMC Networks has a net margin of 6.09% compared to AMC Networks' net margin of -39.16%. WideOpenWest's return on equity of 23.57% beat AMC Networks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMC Networks	6.09%	23.57%	4.89%
WideOpenWest	-39.16%	-7.43%	-1.44%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AMCX or WOW?

AMC Networks has higher revenue and earnings than WideOpenWest. WideOpenWest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMC Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AMC Networks	$2.71B	0.25	$215.46M	$3.57	4.37
WideOpenWest	$676M	0.60	-$287.70M	-$3.26	-1.48

Summary

AMC Networks beats WideOpenWest on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.