iHeartMedia (IHRT) Competitors

iHeartMedia (NASDAQ:IHRT) 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 analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, IHRT or TSQ?

iHeartMedia has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Townsquare Media has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IHRT or TSQ?

93.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of iHeartMedia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of Townsquare Media shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer IHRT or TSQ?

iHeartMedia currently has a consensus price target of $3.98, indicating a potential upside of 76.89%. Townsquare Media has a consensus price target of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 34.77%. Given iHeartMedia's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe iHeartMedia is more favorable than Townsquare Media.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iHeartMedia	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Townsquare Media	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer IHRT or TSQ?

In the previous week, iHeartMedia and iHeartMedia both had 2 articles in the media. iHeartMedia's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Townsquare Media's score of -0.10 indicating that iHeartMedia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
iHeartMedia	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Townsquare Media	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IHRT or TSQ?

Townsquare Media received 227 more outperform votes than iHeartMedia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.58% of users gave Townsquare Media an outperform vote while only 35.82% of users gave iHeartMedia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
iHeartMedia	Outperform Votes 24 35.82%	Underperform Votes 43 64.18%
Townsquare Media	Outperform Votes 251 66.58%	Underperform Votes 126 33.42%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IHRT or TSQ?

Townsquare Media has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
iHeartMedia	$3.75B	0.09	-$1.10B	-$7.40	-0.30
Townsquare Media	$454.23M	0.46	-$44.96M	-$2.74	-4.56

Is IHRT or TSQ more profitable?

Townsquare Media has a net margin of -9.90% compared to iHeartMedia's net margin of -29.40%. Townsquare Media's return on equity of 55.40% beat iHeartMedia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iHeartMedia	-29.40%	-1,197.12%	-15.29%
Townsquare Media	-9.90%	55.40%	2.79%

Summary

Townsquare Media beats iHeartMedia on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.