UONEK vs. TSQ, IHRT, UONE, SGA, CMLS, BBGI, SALM, SPOT, TME, and SIRI
Should you be buying Urban One stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urban One include Townsquare Media (TSQ), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Urban One (UONE), Saga Communications (SGA), Cumulus Media (CMLS), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Salem Media Group (SALM), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), and Sirius XM (SIRI). These companies are all part of the "radio broadcasting stations" industry.
Urban One (NASDAQ:UONEK) and Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Urban One has higher revenue and earnings than Townsquare Media. Townsquare Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Urban One, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Urban One has a net margin of 2.64% compared to Townsquare Media's net margin of -9.19%. Townsquare Media's return on equity of 98.45% beat Urban One's return on equity.
Townsquare Media has a consensus price target of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 57.32%. Given Townsquare Media's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Townsquare Media is more favorable than Urban One.
Townsquare Media received 161 more outperform votes than Urban One when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.75% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 62.16% of users gave Urban One an outperform vote.
19.7% of Urban One shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.5% of Urban One shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Urban One had 3 more articles in the media than Townsquare Media. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Urban One and 0 mentions for Townsquare Media. Urban One's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Townsquare Media's score of 0.00 indicating that Urban One is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Urban One has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Urban One beats Townsquare Media on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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