Critical Review: Anghami (NASDAQ:ANGH) versus TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA)

Anghami (NASDAQ:ANGH) and TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

92.2% of TEGNA shares are held by institutional investors. 36.6% of Anghami shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of TEGNA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Anghami and TEGNA, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Anghami	1	0	0	0	1.00
TEGNA	1	3	2	0	2.17

TEGNA has a consensus price target of $19.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.53%. Given TEGNA’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TEGNA is more favorable than Anghami.

Risk and Volatility

Anghami has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TEGNA has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Anghami	N/A	N/A	N/A
TEGNA	14.99%	16.20%	6.68%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Anghami	$78.09 million	0.24	-$63.56 million	N/A	N/A
TEGNA	$3.03 billion	1.04	$599.82 million	$2.78	7.07

TEGNA has higher revenue and earnings than Anghami.

Summary

TEGNA beats Anghami on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Anghami

Anghami Inc. operates a digital music entertainment technology platform in the Middle East and North Africa. It offers digital entertainment and online streaming services, including music, podcasts, music videos, and live events; and a music application and platform that provides Arabic and international music to stream and download. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.

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.