Atlanta Braves (NASDAQ:BATRK) vs. Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) Critical Review

Atlanta Braves (NASDAQ:BATRK) and Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

Atlanta Braves has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

64.9% of Atlanta Braves shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Nexstar Media Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Nexstar Media Group shares are held 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Atlanta Braves and Nexstar Media Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atlanta Braves	0	1	1	0	2.50
Nexstar Media Group	0	1	6	0	2.86

Atlanta Braves currently has a consensus price target of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.68%. Nexstar Media Group has a consensus price target of $225.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.02%. Given Atlanta Braves’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atlanta Braves is more favorable than Nexstar Media Group.

Profitability

This table compares Atlanta Braves and Nexstar Media Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atlanta Braves	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nexstar Media Group	11.90%	28.40%	5.52%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Atlanta Braves and Nexstar Media Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atlanta Braves	$662.75 million	3.98	-$21.97 million	($0.35)	-120.03
Nexstar Media Group	$5.41 billion	1.14	$722.00 million	$19.26	10.52

Nexstar Media Group has higher revenue and earnings than Atlanta Braves. Atlanta Braves is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexstar Media Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Nexstar Media Group beats Atlanta Braves on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. owns and operates the Atlanta Braves Major league baseball club. It also operates mixed-use development project, including retail, office, hotel, and entertainment projects. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.

About Nexstar Media Group

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. operates as a diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across the television and digital platforms in the United States. It owns, operates, programs, or provides sales and other services to various markets; and offers television programming services. The company offers video and display advertising platforms that are delivered locally or nationally through its own and various third party websites, mobile and over-the-top applications, other digital media solutions to media publishers, and advertisers and a consumer product reviews platform. In addition, it owns NewsNation, a national cable news network; and WGN-AM, a Chicago radio station, as well as owns and operates digital multicast networks and other multicast network services. Further, its digital assets include local websites, mobile applications, connected television applications, free-ad supported television channels representing products of local television stations, The CW, The Hill and BestReviews, and a suite of advertising solutions. Additionally, the company engages in digital business; and management of real estate assets, including leasing of owned office and production facilities. Its stations are affiliates of ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, The CW, MyNetworkTV, and other broadcast television networks. The company was formerly known as Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. and changed its name to Nexstar Media Group, Inc. in January 2017. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.