TSQ vs. IHRT, SGA, UONE, UONEK, CMLS, KNDI, EVC, HOFT, SOWG, and ESCA
Should you be buying Townsquare Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Townsquare Media include iHeartMedia (IHRT), Saga Communications (SGA), Urban One (UONE), Urban One (UONEK), Cumulus Media (CMLS), Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI), Entravision Communications (EVC), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Sow Good (SOWG), and Escalade (ESCA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Townsquare Media (NYSE:TSQ) and iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.9% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Townsquare Media has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iHeartMedia. Townsquare Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than iHeartMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, iHeartMedia had 1 more articles in the media than Townsquare Media. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for iHeartMedia and 2 mentions for Townsquare Media. iHeartMedia's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Townsquare Media's score of 0.00 indicating that iHeartMedia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Townsquare Media received 228 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.75% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 36.23% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.
Townsquare Media has a net margin of -9.19% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -24.04%. Townsquare Media's return on equity of 98.45% beat iHeartMedia's return on equity.
Townsquare Media presently has a consensus target price of $16.83, suggesting a potential upside of 52.34%. iHeartMedia has a consensus target price of $3.38, suggesting a potential upside of 275.56%. Given iHeartMedia's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Townsquare Media.
Summary
Townsquare Media beats iHeartMedia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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