Television Fran (OTCMKTS:TVFCF) vs. WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) Head-To-Head Review

Television Fran (OTCMKTS:TVFCF) and WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Television Fran has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Television Fran and WideOpenWest, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Television Fran	0	0	0	0	0.00
WideOpenWest	0	0	1	0	3.00

WideOpenWest has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 55.88%. Given WideOpenWest’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than Television Fran.

Profitability

This table compares Television Fran and WideOpenWest’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Television Fran	N/A	N/A	N/A
WideOpenWest	-9.32%	-26.90%	-3.83%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Television Fran and WideOpenWest”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Television Fran	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WideOpenWest	$630.90 million	0.56	-$58.80 million	($0.70)	-5.96

Television Fran has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WideOpenWest.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of WideOpenWest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

WideOpenWest beats Television Fran on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Television Fran

TF1 SA engages in the broadcasting, studios and entertainment, and digital businesses in France and internationally. The company offers DTT channels, including TMC, TFX, LCI, and TF1 Séries Films; Theme channels, such as TV Breizh, Ushuaïa TV, Serie club, and Histoire TV; e-TF1; TF1 production; e-commerce activities; music/events; TF1 business solutions; TF1 films production; websites; and advertising services, as well as TF1, which covers sports, French drama, news, entertainment, and movies. It also provides streaming platforms, such as MYTF1, TFOU MAX, and Salto; and operates studios, including Newen Studios. TF1 SA was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

About WideOpenWest

WideOpenWest, Inc. provides high speed data, cable television, and digital telephony services to residential and business services customers in the United States. The company's video services include basic cable services that comprise local broadcast television and local community programming; digital cable services; WOW tv+ that offers traditional cable video and cloud DVR functionality, voice remote with Google Assistant, and Netflix integration along with access to various streaming services and apps through the Google Play Store; and commercial-free movies, TV shows, sports, and other special event entertainment programs. Its telephony services consist of local and long-distance telephone services; business telephony and data services include fiber based, office-to-office metro Ethernet, session-initiated protocol trunking, colocation infrastructure, cloud computing, managed backup, and recovery services. The company was formerly known as WideOpenWest Kite, Inc. and changed its name to WideOpenWest, Inc. in March 2017. WideOpenWest, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.