Cumulus Media (CMLS) Competitors

$2.75
+0.11 (+4.17%)
(As of 05/3/2024 ET)

CMLS vs. EMMS, BBGI, UONEK, UONE, SGA, TCS, SOND, PMNT, COE, and TOON

Should you be buying Cumulus Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cumulus Media include Emmis Communications (EMMS), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Urban One (UONEK), Urban One (UONE), Saga Communications (SGA), The Container Store Group (TCS), Sonder (SOND), Perfect Moment (PMNT), 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), and Kartoon Studios (TOON). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Cumulus Media vs.

Emmis Communications (NASDAQ:EMMS) and Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Emmis Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cumulus Media.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Emmis Communications$114.13M0.56$23.35MN/AN/A
Cumulus Media$844.55M0.05-$117.88M-$7.01-0.39

Emmis Communications has a net margin of 85.66% compared to Emmis Communications' net margin of -13.96%. Cumulus Media's return on equity of -10.85% beat Emmis Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Emmis Communications85.66% -10.85% -4.65%
Cumulus Media -13.96%-17.50%-4.15%

Emmis Communications has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cumulus Media has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cumulus Media has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 245.45%. Given Emmis Communications' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cumulus Media is more favorable than Emmis Communications.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Emmis Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Cumulus Media
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Cumulus Media had 5 more articles in the media than Emmis Communications. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cumulus Media and 0 mentions for Emmis Communications. Cumulus Media's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Emmis Communications' score of -0.07 indicating that Emmis Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Emmis Communications Neutral
Cumulus Media Neutral

Emmis Communications received 57 more outperform votes than Cumulus Media when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Emmis Communications an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave Cumulus Media an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Emmis CommunicationsOutperform Votes
142
61.74%
Underperform Votes
88
38.26%
Cumulus MediaOutperform Votes
85
54.84%
Underperform Votes
70
45.16%

35.7% of Emmis Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Cumulus Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Emmis Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Cumulus Media shares are owned 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.

Summary

Emmis Communications beats Cumulus Media on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CMLS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CMLS vs. The Competition

MetricCumulus MediaRadio broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$45.85M$7.12B$6.79B$7.70B
Dividend YieldN/A5.05%2.78%3.96%
P/E Ratio-0.3912.2518.0318.75
Price / Sales0.051.065.7193.70
Price / Cash0.604.5626.0835.73
Price / Book0.163.805.374.36
Net Income-$117.88M-$29.09M$192.64M$214.85M
7 Day Performance2.61%-0.92%1.55%2.26%
1 Month Performance-8.03%-3.89%-1.67%-2.17%
1 Year Performance2.61%-12.05%4.39%11.31%

Cumulus Media Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMMS
Emmis Communications
0 of 5 stars
$4.82
flat
N/AN/A$64.12M$114.13M1.02234
BBGI
Beasley Broadcast Group
0.7584 of 5 stars
$0.70
+1.5%
N/A-27.7%$21.14M$247.11M-0.281,127Analyst Report
News Coverage
UONEK
Urban One
0 of 5 stars
$1.55
-1.9%
N/A-69.6%$75.83M$484.60M7.381,289
UONE
Urban One
0 of 5 stars
$1.99
-1.5%
N/A-74.4%$97.35M$484.60M9.48881Gap Up
SGA
Saga Communications
4.3584 of 5 stars
$22.79
-1.2%
$27.00
+18.5%
+4.1%$142.67M$112.77M14.99589Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
TCS
The Container Store Group
4.2744 of 5 stars
$0.84
-4.5%
$3.50
+315.7%
-68.2%$43.46M$1.05B-0.185,100
SOND
Sonder
0.4224 of 5 stars
$4.00
-9.5%
$23.00
+475.0%
-50.1%$44.24M$461.08M-0.171,695Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
PMNT
Perfect Moment
0 of 5 stars
$2.90
flat
N/AN/A$45.39M$23.61M0.0031
COE
51Talk Online Education Group
0 of 5 stars
$7.12
+6.4%
N/A+19.5%$40.09M$27.30M-2.93171Analyst Report
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
TOON
Kartoon Studios
0 of 5 stars
$1.08
-1.8%
$10.00
+825.9%
N/A$38.20M$44.08M-0.47368

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This page (NASDAQ:CMLS) was last updated on 5/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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