Reviewing Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) and Beamr Imaging (NASDAQ:BMR)

Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) and Beamr Imaging (NASDAQ:BMR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sinclair and Beamr Imaging”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sinclair	$3.55 billion	0.29	$310.00 million	$0.83	17.72
Beamr Imaging	$3.06 million	N/A	-$3.35 million	N/A	N/A

Sinclair has higher revenue and earnings than Beamr Imaging.

Profitability

This table compares Sinclair and Beamr Imaging’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sinclair	1.44%	12.51%	0.83%
Beamr Imaging	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

41.7% of Sinclair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.7% of Beamr Imaging shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.9% of Sinclair shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Beamr Imaging shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Sinclair has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beamr Imaging has a beta of 3.65, indicating that its stock price is 265% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Sinclair and Beamr Imaging, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sinclair	1	2	2	0	2.20
Beamr Imaging	0	0	0	0	0.00

Sinclair presently has a consensus price target of $18.75, indicating a potential upside of 27.46%. Given Sinclair’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sinclair is more favorable than Beamr Imaging.

Summary

Sinclair beats Beamr Imaging on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sinclair

Sinclair, Inc., a media company, provides content on local television stations and digital platforms in the United States. It operates through two segments, Local Media and Tennis. The Local Media segment operates broadcast television stations, original networks, and content; provides free-over-the-air programming and live local sporting events on its stations; distributes its content to multi-channel video programming distributors in exchange for contractual fees; and produces local and original news programs. This segment operates The Nest, a free over-the-air national broadcast TV network; Comet, a science fiction network; CHARGE!, an adventure and action-based network; and TBD, a multiscreen TV network. The Tennis segment offers Tennis Channel, a cable network which includes coverage of tennis' top tournaments and original professional sports, and tennis lifestyle shows; Tennis Channel International streaming service; Tennis Channel Plus streaming service; T2 FAST, a 24-hours a day free ad-supported streaming television channel; and Tennis.com and Pickleballtv. It also provides digital and internet solutions; and technical services, including the design and manufacture of broadcast systems. The company distributes its content through broadcast platforms and third-party platforms that consist of programming provided by third-party networks and syndicators, local news, and other original programming. Sinclair, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland.

About Beamr Imaging

Beamr Imaging Ltd. provides video encoding, transcoding, and optimization solutions in the United States, Israel, and internationally. It offers a suite of video compression software encoder solutions, including Beamr 4 H.264, Beamr 4X H.264 content adaptive, Beamr 5 HEVC, and Beamr 5X HEVC content adaptive encoders; Beamr JPEGmini photo optimization software solutions for reducing joint photographic experts group file sizes; and Beamr Silicon IP block, a hardware solution for integration into dedicated video encoding application-specific integrated circuits, graphics processing units, and application processors. The company serves tier one over-the-top platforms, content distributors, video streaming platforms, and Hollywood studios. The company was formerly known as I.C.V.T Ltd. and changed its name to Beamr Imaging Ltd. in January 2015. Beamr Imaging Ltd. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.