Financial Contrast: Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) vs. WhereverTV Broadcasting (OTCMKTS:TVTV)

Gray Media (NYSE:GTN) and WhereverTV Broadcasting (OTCMKTS:TVTV) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Gray Media and WhereverTV Broadcasting, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gray Media	1	2	3	0	2.33
WhereverTV Broadcasting	0	0	0	0	0.00

Gray Media currently has a consensus price target of $8.13, suggesting a potential upside of 95.08%. Given Gray Media’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gray Media is more favorable than WhereverTV Broadcasting.

Volatility and Risk

Gray Media has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WhereverTV Broadcasting has a beta of 6.81, indicating that its share price is 581% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Gray Media and WhereverTV Broadcasting”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gray Media	$3.10 billion	0.14	-$85.00 million	($1.53)	-2.72
WhereverTV Broadcasting	N/A	N/A	-$60,000.00	N/A	N/A

WhereverTV Broadcasting has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gray Media.

Profitability

This table compares Gray Media and WhereverTV Broadcasting’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gray Media	-3.12%	-3.07%	-0.64%
WhereverTV Broadcasting	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

78.6% of Gray Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Gray Media shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of WhereverTV Broadcasting shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

WhereverTV Broadcasting beats Gray Media on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gray Media

Gray Television, Inc., a television broadcasting company, owns and/or operates television stations and digital assets in the United States. It also broadcasts secondary digital channels affiliated to ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX, as well as various other networks and program services, including CW Plus Network, MY Network, the MeTV Network, Circle, Telemundo, THE365, and Outlaw; and local news/weather channels in various markets. It owns and operates television stations and digital assets that serve television markets in the United States. The company was formerly known as Gray Communications Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Gray Television, Inc. in August 2002. Gray Television, Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

About WhereverTV Broadcasting

WhereverTV Broadcasting Corporation provides subscription television service worldwide. Its platform enables subscribers to access licensed and free-to-air channels across multiple devices via its patented interactive program guide technology. The company's platform manages broadcast rights across geographies and provides individual customer viewing experiences based on customer locations (geo-targeting) and content-rights management (subscriptions). Its in-language subscription offerings include Spanish, Arabic, and Greek; and genre specific subscriptions include various content, such as news, faith, dramas, sports, movies, reality, kid's, and others. WhereverTV Broadcasting Corporation was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Fort Myers, Florida.