CCO vs. NCMI, ML, CNDT, CDLX, SDA, VVI, HCSG, YEXT, BBSI, and MDRX
Should you be buying Clear Channel Outdoor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clear Channel Outdoor include National CineMedia (NCMI), MoneyLion (ML), Conduent (CNDT), Cardlytics (CDLX), SunCar Technology Group (SDA), Viad (VVI), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Yext (YEXT), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), and Veradigm (MDRX). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) and National CineMedia (NASDAQ:NCMI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
National CineMedia received 161 more outperform votes than Clear Channel Outdoor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.58% of users gave National CineMedia an outperform vote while only 53.67% of users gave Clear Channel Outdoor an outperform vote.
National CineMedia has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clear Channel Outdoor. Clear Channel Outdoor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National CineMedia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National CineMedia has a net margin of 426.76% compared to Clear Channel Outdoor's net margin of -16.05%. National CineMedia's return on equity of 3.45% beat Clear Channel Outdoor's return on equity.
85.5% of Clear Channel Outdoor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of National CineMedia shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Clear Channel Outdoor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of National CineMedia shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Clear Channel Outdoor has a beta of 2.91, suggesting that its stock price is 191% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National CineMedia has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Clear Channel Outdoor currently has a consensus price target of $2.16, suggesting a potential upside of 37.74%. National CineMedia has a consensus price target of $6.08, suggesting a potential upside of 35.19%. Given Clear Channel Outdoor's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clear Channel Outdoor is more favorable than National CineMedia.
In the previous week, National CineMedia had 21 more articles in the media than Clear Channel Outdoor. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for National CineMedia and 15 mentions for Clear Channel Outdoor. Clear Channel Outdoor's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat National CineMedia's score of 0.35 indicating that Clear Channel Outdoor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
National CineMedia beats Clear Channel Outdoor on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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