fuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) versus TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Critical Contrast

fuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) and TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for fuboTV and TEGNA, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
fuboTV	0	3	2	1	2.67
TEGNA	0	1	3	0	2.75

fuboTV presently has a consensus target price of $4.6250, suggesting a potential upside of 27.76%. TEGNA has a consensus target price of $20.25, suggesting a potential downside of 1.41%. Given fuboTV’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe fuboTV is more favorable than TEGNA.

Volatility & Risk

fuboTV has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TEGNA has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares fuboTV and TEGNA”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
fuboTV	$1.62 billion	0.76	-$172.25 million	$0.26	13.92
TEGNA	$3.10 billion	1.07	$599.82 million	$2.78	7.39

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

Profitability

This table compares fuboTV and TEGNA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
fuboTV	5.50%	-20.81%	-5.41%
TEGNA	14.99%	16.20%	6.68%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

39.3% of fuboTV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of TEGNA shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of fuboTV shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of TEGNA shares are owned by company 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

TEGNA beats fuboTV on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About fuboTV

fuboTV, Inc. engages in providing subscription to sports, news, and entertainment content. It offers its services through streaming devices and on television, mobile phones, tablets, and computers. The company was founded by David Gandler, Alberto Horihuela Suarez, and Sung Ho Choi on February 20, 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc., a media company, provides broadcast advertising and marketing products and services for businesses. The company operates 47 television stations in 39 markets of the United States that produce local programming, such as news, sports, and entertainment. It offers local and national non-political advertising; political advertising; production of programming from third parties; production of advertising materials; and digital marketing services, as well as advertising services on the stations' Websites, tablets, and mobile products. The company also sells commercial advertising spots of its television stations. In addition, it operates Premion, an over the top local advertising network; Hatch, a centralized 360-degree marketing services agency; and radio broadcast stations. The company was formerly known as Gannett Co., Inc. and changed its name to TEGNA Inc. in June 2015. TEGNA Inc. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.