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Emmis Communications (EMMS) Competitors

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EMMS vs. SALM, CMLS, IH, ACU, COOK, SNBR, GMGI, PLBY, BSET, and SKLZ

Should you be buying Emmis Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Emmis Communications include Salem Media Group (SALM), Cumulus Media (CMLS), iHuman (IH), Acme United (ACU), Traeger (COOK), Sleep Number (SNBR), Golden Matrix Group (GMGI), PLBY Group (PLBY), Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), and Skillz (SKLZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Emmis Communications vs. Its Competitors

Emmis Communications (NASDAQ:EMMS) and Salem Media Group (NASDAQ:SALM) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Emmis Communications has a net margin of 85.66% compared to Salem Media Group's net margin of -3.80%. Salem Media Group's return on equity of -5.79% beat Emmis Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Emmis Communications85.66% -10.85% -4.65%
Salem Media Group -3.80%-5.79%-1.62%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Emmis Communications$114.13M0.30$23.35MN/AN/A
Salem Media Group$261.57M0.10-$43.31M-$0.10-8.00

Emmis Communications has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salem Media Group has a beta of -0.38, indicating that its stock price is 138% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Salem Media Group had 2 more articles in the media than Emmis Communications. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Salem Media Group and 0 mentions for Emmis Communications. Salem Media Group's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Emmis Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Salem Media Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Emmis Communications Neutral
Salem Media Group Neutral

35.7% of Emmis Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of Salem Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.3% of Emmis Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 54.6% of Salem Media Group shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Emmis Communications and Salem Media Group tied by winning 6 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EMMS vs. The Competition

MetricEmmis CommunicationsRadio Broadcasting Stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$33.92M$39.62M$8.35B$10.56B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.10%4.84%
P/E Ratio0.540.8818.1227.34
Price / Sales0.300.046.62238.70
Price / Cash0.660.5014.3430.35
Price / Book0.330.014.946.69
Net Income$23.35M-$121.03M$255.94M$276.46M

Emmis Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EMMS
Emmis Communications
N/A$2.55
-9.6%
N/AN/A$33.92M$114.13M0.54234
SALM
Salem Media Group
0.5057 of 5 stars
$0.80
+1.2%
N/A+219.8%$25.18M$261.57M-2.351,340Gap Up
CMLS
Cumulus Media
0.841 of 5 stars
$0.12
-7.5%
N/A-89.2%$2.09M$827.08M-0.013,330News Coverage
IH
iHuman
1.2747 of 5 stars
$2.77
-4.5%
N/A+48.8%$148.90M$126.34M9.551,120Short Interest ↑
ACU
Acme United
3.6142 of 5 stars
$38.37
+0.4%
N/A-6.7%$145.77M$194.06M7.85650News Coverage
COOK
Traeger
3.3682 of 5 stars
$1.06
-1.4%
$2.13
+101.4%
-68.5%$145.40M$604.07M-3.91880Gap Down
SNBR
Sleep Number
1.2813 of 5 stars
$6.20
-0.8%
$8.33
+34.4%
-58.4%$142.32M$1.68B-3.413,654Positive News
Gap Up
GMGI
Golden Matrix Group
2.8369 of 5 stars
$1.00
+1.5%
$2.90
+190.0%
-56.9%$138.22M$172.82M-12.501,200
PLBY
PLBY Group
2.3013 of 5 stars
$1.41
-2.8%
$3.00
+112.8%
+86.4%$137.91M$116.14M-1.811,010
BSET
Bassett Furniture Industries
3.7215 of 5 stars
$15.57
+0.6%
N/A+5.4%$134.46M$329.92M17.301,228Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
SKLZ
Skillz
1.9177 of 5 stars
$7.39
-0.3%
$15.00
+103.1%
+26.5%$129.17M$95.47M-1.76650Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:EMMS) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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