CMLS vs. ETM, EMMS, UONE, SGA, UONEK, BBGI, SALM, SPOT, TME, and SIRI
Should you be buying Cumulus Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cumulus Media include Entercom Communications (ETM), Emmis Communications (EMMS), Urban One (UONE), Saga Communications (SGA), Urban One (UONEK), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Salem Media Group (SALM), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), and Sirius XM (SIRI).
Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS) and Entercom Communications (NYSE:ETM) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
Cumulus Media has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entercom Communications has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cumulus Media has a net margin of -13.18% compared to Entercom Communications' net margin of -49.10%. Entercom Communications' return on equity of -3.14% beat Cumulus Media's return on equity.
Entercom Communications received 158 more outperform votes than Cumulus Media when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.84% of users gave Cumulus Media an outperform vote while only 49.59% of users gave Entercom Communications an outperform vote.
48.7% of Cumulus Media shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of Entercom Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Cumulus Media shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Entercom Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cumulus Media presently has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 300.84%.
Cumulus Media has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Entercom Communications. Cumulus Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entercom Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cumulus Media's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Entercom Communications'average media sentiment score.
Summary
Entercom Communications beats Cumulus Media on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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