Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (BBGI) vs E.W. Scripps Company (The) (SSP)

Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. and E.W. Scripps Company (The) are both Broadcasting companies. E.W. Scripps Company (The) is the larger, with a market value of $266.0M against $29.7M — 9.0× the size. E.W. Scripps Company (The) grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −14.2% against −16.1%. Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (−55.7% vs −61.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (−78.9% vs −25.6%). Across the 17 metrics below, E.W. Scripps Company (The) leads on 10 and Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric BBGI SSP Broadcasting median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 0.15 0.12 0.14
P/B 0.72 n/m 0.86
Price to free cash flow n/m 7.10 6.42
EV/EBITDA n/m 11.96 8.64
EV/Sales 0.88 1.31 1.31
Earnings yield (384.65%) (505.07%) (16.05%)
Free cash flow yield (4.91%) 14.08% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric BBGI SSP Broadcasting median
Gross margin 6.89% 40.36% 40.36%
Operating margin (117.04%) (50.29%) (12.31%)
Net margin (55.68%) (61.13%) (8.55%)
Free cash flow margin (0.61%) 1.73% (0.22%)
Return on equity (115.84%) (462.40%) (5.70%)
Return on assets (25.66%) (29.31%) (5.59%)
Return on invested capital (78.85%) (25.60%) (0.41%)

Growth

Metric BBGI SSP Broadcasting median
Revenue growth (TTM) (16.12%) (14.18%) (11.30%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2,829.49%) (285.15%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (0.02%) 2.97% 1.91%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BBGI SSP Broadcasting median
Debt to equity 3.73 24.77 0.46
Current ratio 1.23 1.34 1.41
Net debt to EBITDA (0.99) 7.67 3.66

Dividend

Metric BBGI SSP Broadcasting median
Dividend yield — 1.03% 4.14%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric BBGI SSP Broadcasting median
Market cap 29.71m 265.96m 185.13m

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