LVO vs. IHRT, STKS, JAX, RRGB, DIN, TAST, CHUY, BH, RICK, and DENN
Should you be buying LiveOne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LiveOne include iHeartMedia (IHRT), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), J. Alexander's (JAX), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), Biglari (BH), RCI Hospitality (RICK), and Denny's (DENN).
iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) and LiveOne (NASDAQ:LVO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.
iHeartMedia currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 164.32%. LiveOne has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 102.31%. Given LiveOne's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than LiveOne.
In the previous week, LiveOne had 8 more articles in the media than iHeartMedia. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for LiveOne and 4 mentions for iHeartMedia. LiveOne's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat iHeartMedia's score of 0.26 indicating that iHeartMedia is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LiveOne has a net margin of -10.10% compared to LiveOne's net margin of -24.04%. iHeartMedia's return on equity of 0.00% beat LiveOne's return on equity.
93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of LiveOne shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.1% of LiveOne shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
iHeartMedia received 20 more outperform votes than LiveOne when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 45.45% of users gave LiveOne an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.
iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LiveOne has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LiveOne has lower revenue, but higher earnings than iHeartMedia. LiveOne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iHeartMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LiveOne beats iHeartMedia on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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