CMLS vs. ETM, EMMS, IHRT, SGA, UONE, UONEK, BBGI, SALM, SPOT, and TME
Should you be buying Cumulus Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cumulus Media include Entercom Communications (ETM), Emmis Communications (EMMS), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Saga Communications (SGA), Urban One (UONE), Urban One (UONEK), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Salem Media Group (SALM), Spotify Technology (SPOT), and Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME).
Entercom Communications (NYSE:ETM) and Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
Entercom Communications received 158 more outperform votes than Cumulus Media when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.84% of users gave Cumulus Media an outperform vote while only 49.69% of users gave Entercom Communications an outperform vote.
Entercom Communications has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% 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 lower revenue, but higher earnings than Entercom Communications. Cumulus Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entercom Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
46.4% of Entercom Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Cumulus Media shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Entercom Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Cumulus Media shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Cumulus Media had 1 more articles in the media than Entercom Communications. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cumulus Media and 0 mentions for Entercom Communications. Entercom Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.89 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 net margin of -13.18% compared to Cumulus Media's net margin of -49.10%. Cumulus Media's return on equity of -3.14% beat Entercom Communications' return on equity.
Cumulus Media has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 307.73%.
Summary
Entercom Communications beats Cumulus Media on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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