CMLS vs. EMMS, BBGI, SALM, UONEK, UONE, SGA, TSQ, CURI, BODY, and GORV
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), Salem Media Group (SALM), Urban One (UONEK), Urban One (UONE), Saga Communications (SGA), Townsquare Media (TSQ), CuriosityStream (CURI), Beachbody (BODY), and Lazydays (GORV).
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 profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
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.
In the previous week, Cumulus Media had 3 more articles in the media than Emmis Communications. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cumulus Media and 0 mentions for Emmis Communications. Emmis Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Cumulus Media's score of 0.00 indicating that Cumulus Media is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cumulus Media has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 194.12%. Given Emmis Communications' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cumulus Media is more favorable than Emmis Communications.
Emmis Communications has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cumulus Media has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Emmis Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cumulus Media.
35.7% of Emmis Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Cumulus Media shares are held by institutional investors. 32.3% of Emmis Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Cumulus Media shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Emmis Communications and Cumulus Media tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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