E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) vs. Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) Head-To-Head Analysis

E.W. Scripps (NASDAQ:SSP) and Nexxen International (NASDAQ:NEXN) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

E.W. Scripps has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexxen International has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for E.W. Scripps and Nexxen International, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
E.W. Scripps	1	3	1	0	2.00
Nexxen International	0	1	9	0	2.90

E.W. Scripps presently has a consensus price target of $5.95, indicating a potential upside of 79.22%. Nexxen International has a consensus price target of $11.61, indicating a potential upside of 6.52%. Given E.W. Scripps’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe E.W. Scripps is more favorable than Nexxen International.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares E.W. Scripps and Nexxen International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
E.W. Scripps	$2.15 billion	0.14	-$100.88 million	($13.94)	-0.24
Nexxen International	$364.78 million	1.68	$25.04 million	$0.30	36.33

Nexxen International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than E.W. Scripps. E.W. Scripps is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexxen International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

67.8% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Nexxen International shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of E.W. Scripps shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares E.W. Scripps and Nexxen International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
E.W. Scripps	-58.02%	-3.84%	-0.53%
Nexxen International	4.85%	7.78%	4.94%

Summary

Nexxen International beats E.W. Scripps on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About E.W. Scripps

The E.W. Scripps Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a media enterprise through a portfolio of local television stations, national news, and entertainment networks in the United States. It operates through Local Media, Scripps Networks, and Other segments. The Local Media segment operates broadcast television stations, which produce news, information, sports, and entertainment content, as well as its related digital operations; runs network, syndicated, and original programming, and local sporting events; and provides core and political advertising services. The Scripps Networks segment offers national television networks through free over-the-air broadcast, cable/satellite, connected TV, and digital distribution. This segment also provides Scripp News, a national news network, which provides politics, entertainment, science, and technology news; Court TV, which showcases live trials; entertainment brands, such as Bounce, Defy TV, Grit, ION Mystery, and Laff; and ION, a national network of broadcast stations and broadcast television spectrum, which distributes programming through Federal Communications Commission-licensed television stations, as well as affiliated TV stations through over-the-air broadcast and pay TV platforms. In addition, it provides content and services through digital platforms, including the Internet, smartphones, and tablets; Nuvyyo, which offers consumers DVR product solutions to watch and record free over-the-air HDTV on connected devices; and Scripps National Spelling Bee, which shows educational programs. The company serves audiences and businesses through cable and satellite service providers. The E.W. Scripps Company was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

About Nexxen International

Tremor International Ltd provides end-to-end software platform that enables advertisers to reach relevant audiences and publishers. The company's demand side platform (DSP) offers full-service and self-managed marketplace access to advertisers and agencies to execute their digital marketing campaigns in real time across various ad formats. Its sell supply side platform (SSP) provides access to data and a comprehensive product suite to drive inventory management and revenue optimization. The company also offers data management platform solution, which integrates DSP and SSP solutions enabling advertisers and publishers to use data from various sources in order to optimize results of their advertising campaigns. It serves ad buyers, advertisers, brands, agencies, and digital publishers in Israel, the United States, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company was formerly known as Taptica International Ltd. and changed its name to Tremor International Ltd in September 2015. Tremor International Ltd was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.